Etymology

reconnection

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Today it means: A connection of things that have been previously severed. Full definition →

English connection ← Middle English connexioun ← Latin connexionem
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  8. Proto-Italic*kom
  9. Proto-Italic*kom-
  10. Latincon-
  11. Latinnectō
  12. Latincōnectō
  13. Latincōnexiō
  14. Latinconnexionem
  15. Middle Englishconnexioun
  16. Englishconnection
  17. English todayreconnection

From re- + connection.

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