conecta

Forms

conecta (present conectez, third-person singular conectează, past participle conectat), 1st conjugation^[1][2]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French connecter (“to connect”), with Latin connectō (“to tie together”) named beside it as a second model.^[2][3][4][1] DELR gives only the French verb, which is itself a borrowing from the Latin one.^[5][1] The Latin verb, also spelled cōnectō, is formed con- + nectō (“to tie, fasten”).^[6][1]

The verb belongs to a family of neologisms that came in from French and Latin one by one: conex, conexiune (from 1847–1848), conector and conectiv.^[5]

Earliest recorded meaning

DELR's first record is from 1931, in Tudor Arghezi, as the verbal noun conectare.^[5] MDA2 gives no dated record, only the manuscript of the Academy dictionary.^[3]

Semantic evolution

It began as a technical word for joining electrical conductors, and DLRLC still labels it rare, with an example of telephone posts on one line.^[7][8] Later dictionaries add connecting a device or machine to a circuit and putting telephone subscribers in contact,^[9][10] and DELR defines it more broadly as putting things in connection or contact.^[5]

Romanian took the derivatives from French as well: deconecta “to disconnect” (1950), which also means “to relax” when reflexive, and interconecta (1954); conectabil (1975) is either French or formed on the verb.^[5]

Timeline

• 1931 – conectare in Arghezi, the first record.^[5]
• 1950 – deconecta “to disconnect”.^[5]
• 1954 – interconecta “to interconnect networks”.^[5]
• 1975 – conectabil “that can be connected”.^[5]

Meanings

Verb

1. (transitive) To connect, join two or more electrical conductors.^[2][11]
2. (transitive) To link an apparatus or machine to a circuit; to put telephone or telegraph posts in direct contact.^[9][10]
3. (transitive) To link persons or things together.^[3][5]

Word family

• conectare
• deconecta
• interconecta
• conectabil

Related words

• conex
• conexiune
• conector
• conectiv
• French connecter

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 1, 219
3. ^ a b c Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 483
4. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual
5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2011–), Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române (DELR), vol. I: A–B (2011), vol. II: C (2015–2018), București: Editura Academiei Române; continued online at delr.lingv.ro, p. s.v. conecta
6. ^ Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
7. ^ Academia Republicii Populare Romîne (1958), Dicționarul limbii romîne moderne, București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. s.v. conecta
8. ^ Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 1, 519
9. ^ a b Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. conecta
10. ^ a b Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. conecta
11. ^ Breban, Vasile (1980), Dicționar al limbii române contemporane de uz curent, București: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, p. 115