reconnection

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noun

A connection of things that have been previously severed.

OriginEnglish connection ← Middle English connexioun ← Latin connexionem →
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Meanings

nounreconnection (plural reconnections)

plural reconnections · alternative dated reconnexion

  1. A connection of things that have been previously severed.

    I see freight returning in a big way. The 2016 reconnection of the Helwith Bridge quarries can produce up to three heavy trains a day. The nearby and much bigger Horton quarry is also on the cusp of rail reconnection.

    2021 October 20, Mark Rand, “S&C: a line fit for tourists... and everyone?”, in RAIL, number 942, page 40

Origin

  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. Englishreconnection

From re- + connection.

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Translations

French reconnexion
  • reconnexionconnection of that which has been severed
Italian riconnessione, ricongiungimento
  • riconnessioneconnection of that which has been severed
  • ricongiungimentoconnection of that which has been severed
Cite this entry
APA

reconnection. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconnection

MLA

“reconnection.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconnection. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reconnection,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconnection.

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