Etymograph

English

nexus

Nexus comes from Latin nexus ‘connection, nexus’, and goes back to nectō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnectō1‘to connect, interweave, attach, unite’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnexus1‘connection, nexus’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2023nexus1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English nexus
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2023, Panarat Thepgumpanat, Thailand's opposition opens up big election lead as army par: “Sunday's election pits Move Forward and the billionaire Shinawatra…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnectōWiktionary, English nexus‘to connect, interweave, attach, unite’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnexusWiktionary, English nexus‘connection, nexus’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2023nexusWiktionary, English nexus. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2023, Panarat Thepgumpanat, Thailand's opposition opens up big election lead as army par: “Sunday's election pits Move Forward and the billionaire Shinawatra…”

Linked words

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

connection, connect, connexion, 2 more

Today it means

noun A form or state of connection.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “nexus”. 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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