English
connect
Connect probably comes from Latin connectō ‘to fasten together’, from con- + nectō ‘to bind’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnectō‘to bind’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconnectō‘to fasten together’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1897connect
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnectō‘to bind’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconnectō‘to fasten together’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1897connect
Earliest quotation: 1897, Winston Churchill: “Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for…”
Linked words
through Latin necto ‘bind’
Today it means
verb To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin nectō / connect