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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