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Translation

to connect (electrically or digitally), to plug in

Word origin

From Latin connectere, con- 'together' plus nectere 'to bind'. That seam is Latin, not Esperanto: there is no kon- prefix in this language and no root ekti behind it, so konekt- arrives as one indivisible piece.

Origin
Latin
Root
connectere
English cognates
connect, annex, nexus

Examples

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Please connect the computer to the network.

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I cannot connect my phone to the internet.

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She connected the lamp to the mains.

Another root that invites the wrong knife. Esperanto's prefix for togetherness is -, so a learner reaching for kon- plus -ekti finds nothing on either side. Konekt- is the whole root.

It is also narrower than English connect. is the technical word: circuits, cables, phones, networks. For connecting ideas, people or places, use ligi - , as . Saying is not wrong so much as oddly engineered, like saying two towns are wired together.

The noun is konekto and the state is .

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This word is part of lesson 39.