myEtymology.com: English etymology of disconnect

Etymology of the English word disconnect

the English word disconnect

derived from the English word dis-

using the Latin prefix dis-

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-