Etymograph

English

annexion

Annexion comes from Late Latin annexiō ‘a connecting, annexion, annexation’, and goes back to Latin nectō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnectō1‘to connect, interweave, attach, unite’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadnectō2as annecto‘to bind or tie to, connect, annex’
  3. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEannexiō3‘a connecting, annexion, annexation’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500annexion3
  5. Englishtodayannexion3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin adnecto
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin annexio
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English annexion

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnectōWiktionary, Latin adnecto‘to connect, interweave, attach, unite’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadnectōWiktionary, Latin annexioas annecto‘to bind or tie to, connect, annex’
  3. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEannexiōWiktionary, English annexion‘a connecting, annexion, annexation’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500annexionWiktionary, English annexion
  5. EnglishtodayannexionWiktionary, English annexion

Linked words

through Latin nectō ‘to connect, interweave, attach, unite’

connection, connect, nexus, connexion, 1 more

Today it means

noun annexation

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “annexion”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin adnecto, Latin annexio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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