myEtymology.com: English etymology of connective

Etymology of the English word connective

the English word connective

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-

using the English suffix -ive

derived from the French suffix -ive

derived from the Latin suffix -ivus