myEtymology.com: English etymology of connected

Etymology of the English word connected

the English word connected

derived from the English word connect

derived from the Latin word connectere (join, fasten, link together)

using the Latin prefix con- (together)

derived from the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

derived from the Latin word nectere (tie, bind)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ned-