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Latin
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly related to nōdus (“knot”) and/or nassa (“a narrow-necked basket for catching fish”). The ending may be analogous to that found in plectō (“plait, weave, braid”) or pectō (“comb wool”).
More information
The following roots and cognates have been proposed:
- Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”), making it cognate to Proto-Germanic *knuttô (“knot”) (whence Modern English knot), and possibly Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “a jaw”).
- Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”), whence English net, Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬐𐬀- (naska-, “bundle”), Old Irish nascaid (“to bind”). This in turn is sometimes interpreted as being connected to Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“spin, sew”), the root of Latin neō (“spin, weave”). The root of these forms has alternatively been reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *neh₃d-.
- Proto-Indo-European *h₁nedʰ- (“to tie together”) (alternatively reconstructed as *Hnadʰ- or *nedʰ-), whence (possibly) Sanskrit नह्यति (nahyati) and Proto-Germanic *nastijaną.
- Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”)
- Proto-Indo-European *h₁neǵʰ- (“to pierce”), the root of Old Church Slavonic ножь (nožĭ, “knife, dagger”), Proto-Slavic *nizati (“to string (to put (items) on a string)”).
Pronunciation
Verb
nectō (present infinitive nectere, perfect active nexī, supine nexum); third conjugation
- to connect, interweave, attach, unite; relate
- Synonyms: cōnectō, iungō, vinciō
- to bind, tie, fasten
- Synonyms: cōnectō, colligō, adalligō, cōnfīgō, cōnserō, dēligō, ligō, illigō, alligō, dēfīgō, fīgō, vinculō, dēstinō
- Antonyms: explicō, absolvō, dissolvō, solvō
- to bind by obligation, oblige, make liable
- to contrive, devise, compose, produce
- Synonym: dēdūcō
Conjugation
- The third principal part may be nexī or nexuī.
Derived terms
References
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J. P. Mallory, D. Q. Adams (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World, page 234
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ranko Matasović (2017) “Latin presents in -t- and the etymologies of necto ‘to weave, bind’ and flecto ‘to bend, curve’”, in Pallas, volume 103, →DOI, pages 37-44
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nectō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 404
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 481
Further reading
- “necto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “necto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- necto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.