connect English · revision 5548

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1440|origins=la nectere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|cōnectere|t=to join together]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|la|com-|t=together]] and [[m|la|nectere|t=to bind, tie]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from [[ine-pro|*ned-|t=to bind, tie]].^(Etymonline) Barnhart notes that it may instead be a back-formation from [[connection]], recorded about 1385.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To join, bind or fasten together: about 1440 in Barnhart, the mid-15th century in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) NODE notes that it was rare before the 18th century.^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 16th and 17th centuries it was displaced by connex, from French connexer, and connect was re-established from the 1670s.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) To associate in thought is from 1751,^(OED 1989) and to establish a relationship from 1881.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Of trains or boats, to run in connection, is from 1856.^(OED 1989) Slang “to get in touch with”, from telephone connections, is from 1926,^(Etymonline) and of a blow, to reach its target, from about 1920.^(Etymonline) To establish rapport with someone is from 1942.^(Etymonline) ''Connection'' was spelt connexion until the -tion form prevailed in the 18th century, especially in American English.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1440 – to join together.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1670s – re-established after connex.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1856 – of trains.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1881 – to establish a relationship.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1926 – to get in touch with.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1942 – to establish rapport.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To join or link two things together.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To think of one thing as related to another.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To join to a [[telephone]], electricity or computer network.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of a train, bus or plane, to arrive in time for passengers to change to another.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To have a good understanding with someone.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[connectible]]

+ * [[connectibility]]

+ * [[connection]]

+ * [[connector]]

+ * [[connexion]]

+ * [[connective]]

+ * [[interconnect]]

+ * [[misconnect]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[annex]]

+ * [[nexus]]

+ * [[disconnect]]

+ * [[node]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}