Conneccioun

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. An archaic term for the act or state of being joined or linked together ; a bond, tie or association formed between people or things
2. The joining of parts into a whole, as in Middle English usage ; the kinship, dealing or alliance that binds one person or thing to another
3. Linking or uniting things into one, found in older English writing ; a relation or association that ties people or objects together

Etymology: "Conneccioun" is a Middle English spelling of "connection," recorded in the late 14th century, when Chaucer and his contemporaries were writing in a dialect where the Latin-derived vocabulary was still settling into its modern shapes. The word came into English from Old French "connexion," which in turn was borrowed from the Latin "connexio," a noun formed from "connectere," meaning "to tie together" or "to bind with." The Latin verb combined "con-" ("together") with "nectere" ("to tie" or "to bind"), the same root that gives English "annex" and "nexus." The spelling shifted over the following two centuries. Scribes wrote the word with a variety of forms, including "connexioun" and "conneccioun," as the French and Latin models were adapted to English spelling habits. The "x" that Latin and French preserved was gradually replaced by "ct" in English usage, which is why the modern form now looks quite different from its Latin ancestor.