"to connect" in seven languages
Meaningto connect
Spanish
conectar
/konekˈtaɾ/
borrowed · probably English connect
French
connecter
/kɔnɛkte/
learned
For plugging in a device, brancher is more everyday.
Italian
connettere
/konˈnɛttere/
learned
Collegare is the everyday word for linking up cables and devices.
Portuguese
conectar
/konekˈtah/
borrowed · probably English connect
Romanian
conecta
/konekˈta/
borrowed · French connecter
Catalan
connectar
/kunəkˈta/
learned
English
connect
/kəˈnɛkt/
from Latin/French · Latin CONNECTERE
English → Italianto connectconnettereCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CONNECTERE‘to tie together (NECTERE 'to bind')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A modern technical word in all three. Italian assimilates ct to tt (connettere), while Spanish and French keep the cluster.
English relatives: connection, annex, nexus
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In a sentence
- esNo puedo conectarme al wifi.
- frJe n'arrive pas à me connecter au wifi.
- itNon riesco a connettermi al wifi.
- ptNão consigo me conectar ao wi-fi.
- roNu mă pot conecta la wifi.
- caNo em puc connectar al wifi.
- enI can't connect to the wifi.
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