nexus.
THE SHORT MEANINGA binding together; a connection.
ConnectionMeaning & usage
the act of binding, tying or fastening together
something which binds; bond, joint, binding, fastening; nexus
connection
a personal obligation of a debtor
a legal obligation
a hyperlink, link
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin nectō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin nexus From nectō + -tus (forming action nouns).
bound, tied, fastened, connected, interwoven, having been bound.
bound by obligation, obliged, made liable, pledged, having been obliged.
debtors who, having failed to cover the security they owed to their creditor, were enslaved to them as bondsmen (the practice was abolished in 326 BC, see quotes)
Where this word comes from
Perfect passive participle of nectō (“bind”).
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