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"connection" in seven languages

Meaningconnection

Spanish

conexión

/konekˈsjon/

fem.learned

French

connexion

/kɔnɛksjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

connessione

/konnesˈsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

conexão

/konekˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

conexiune

/koneksiˈune/

fem.learned

Catalan

connexió

/kunəksiˈo/

fem.learned

English

connection

/kəˈnɛkʃən/

from Latin/French · Latin CONNEXIŌNEM, via French

English → ItalianconnectionconnessioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

CONNEXIŌNEM‘a binding together’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

From NECTERE 'to tie'. French keeps the Latin x, Spanish simplifies the double n, and Italian assimilates x to ss.

English relatives: connect, annex, nexus

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zónItalian assimilates clusters

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In a sentence

  • esLa conexión a internet es lenta.
  • frLa connexion internet est lente.
  • itLa connessione a internet è lenta.
  • ptA conexão com a internet está lenta.
  • roConexiunea la internet este lentă.
  • caLa connexió a internet és lenta.
  • enThe internet connection is slow.

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