English
connective
Connective comes from Latin connexīvus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconnexīvus
- Englishearliest quotation 1919connective
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconnexīvus
- Englishearliest quotation 1919connective
Earliest quotation: 1919, Boris Sidis: “Society is doomed to an ignominious death as soon…”
The story
For connexive, borrowed from Latin connexīvus. Displacement of x by ct in Latin loanwords is very common.
Every English word from Latin connexīvus
Today it means
adj Serving or tending to connect; connecting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin connexīvus / connective