I lost the internet ____ during the important video conference call.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Because of the terrible weather, I temporarily lost my internet ____ during the video call.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin nectō
Latin cōnectō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin cōnexiōder.
Latin connexionemder.
Middle English connexiounder.
English connection
From Middle English conneccioun, connexioun, conneccyon, conneccion, from Latin connexionem (nominative connexio (“a conclusion, binding together”)), from connectō, an alternative spelling of cōnectō (“to bind together”), from compound of co- (“together”) and nectō (“to bind”).
In American English mid-18c., spelling shifted from connexion to connection (equivalent to connect + -ion), thus making connexion British dated and connection in international use.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Forster employs personal relations to emphasize the importance of connection and mutual understanding"
— 2005 October 2, Mieke Schüller, Howards End by E. M. Forster: "Only Connect!", GRIN Verlag, →ISBN, page 2:
"At the town of Mendes, in the principal temple, there was a living male goat, with which, if the statement of Herodotus is to be accepted, naked female worshippers actually had carnal intercourse. Male worshippers similarly had connexion with she-goats."
— 1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 29:
"The exact nature of the relations between the boy-wife and his protector are doubtful; they certainly have connection, but the natives repudiate with horror and disgust the idea of sodomy."
— 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6):
"It is kept super-clean by helpful staff who still find the time to help customers with tight connections."
— 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 26:
"These two seemed to have a closer relationship than I knew. What's their connection?"
— 2020 June 30, Tikiri Herath, The Girl Who Knew Their Names: A vigilante crime suspense novel, REBEL DIVA PRESS, →ISBN: