necto

See also: něčto

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”)[1] or pectō (“comb wool”).[2]

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”).[2] This in turn is sometimes interpreted as being connected to Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“spin, sew”), the root of Latin neō (“spin, weave”).[1] The root of these forms has alternatively been reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *neh₃d-.[3]
Proto-Indo-European *h₁nedʰ- (“to tie together”) (alternatively reconstructed as *Hnadʰ-[4] or *nedʰ-[5]), whence (possibly) Sanskrit नह्यति (nahyati) and Proto-Germanic *nastijaną.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”)[4]
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)”).[3]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnek.toː/, [ˈnɛkt̪oː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnek.to/, [ˈnɛkt̪o]

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.

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Derived terms

Related terms

References

Per Persson (1912) Beiträge zur indogermanischen Wortforschung, page 815
J. P. Mallory; D. Q. Adams (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World, page 234
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
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