connection English · revision 3399

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=late 14th century|origins=la nectō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kəˈnek.ʃᵊn/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|conneccion]], also connexioun,^(Etymonline) [[bor|fro|connexion]],^(Etymonline) and directly [[der|la|cōnexiō|t=a binding or joining together]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la|cōnexus]], past participle of [[m|la|cōnectere|t=to fasten together]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|com-|t=together]] and [[m|la|nectere|t=to bind, tie]],^(Etymonline) from [[ine-pro|*ned-|t=to bind, tie]].^(Etymonline) See [[connect]].^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The state or fact of being connected: the late 14th century in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) and the 14th century in Merriam-Webster.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The spelling shifted from ''connexion'' to ''connection'' in the mid-18th century, especially in American English, under the influence of ''connect'' and of pairs such as ''collect, collection'';^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) the OED still enters it as ''connexion''.^(OED 1989) The act of connecting is from about 1600,^(Etymonline) or 1609 in the OED.^(OED 1989) The coherence of ideas is from 1651,^(OED 1989) and anything that connects from 1741–42.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) A circle of people with whom one has relations, as in ''family connections'', is from 1767.^(Etymonline) The phrase ''in this connection'' is from 1780.^(OED 1989) In electricity, a link-up of current is from 1832,^(OED 1989) and a change from one train or other means of travel to another from 1862.^(Etymonline) A supplier of narcotics is slang by 1934.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * late 14th century – the state of being connected.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1609 – the act of connecting.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1742 – a connecting part.^(OED 1989)

+ * mid-18th century – the spelling ''connection''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1767 – relatives and associates.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1832 – an electrical connection.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1862 – a connecting train or flight.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1934 – a drug dealer.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of connecting, or the state of being connected.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # Something that connects; a [[link]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A relationship or [[association]]: ''no connection between the events''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A person one knows who can be useful; a relative by marriage.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A train, bus or flight that one changes to in the course of a journey.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # ''(slang)'' A supplier of illegal drugs.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[connectional]]

+ * [[connectionism]]

+ * [[misconnection]]

+ * [[reconnection]]

+ * [[delta connection]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[connect]]

+ * [[connective]]

+ * [[connectivity]]

+ * [[annex]]

+ * [[nexus]]

+ * [[node]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}