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connection

/kəˈnekʃən/kuh-NEK-shuhn
/kəˈnɛkʃən/kuh-NEK-shuhn

Meaningthe act of binding together

Common meaning: a link between things or people

‘with, together’ + ‘to tie, bind’ → connection

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*nagh-‘bind, connect’source
  2. Latinnectō, nexum‘to tie, bind’
  3. Englishconnect‘to join together’
  4. Englishformed in English from connectconnection‘a link between things or people’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from connect + -ion.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CONNECT, p.130 · scan

Roots

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