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- synonyms - Is connexion synonymous with connection? - English . . .
In British English, connexion is an alternative spelling of connection; American English only uses connection The origin of the word connection explains the reason of this Connection has origin from the Latin connexio(n-) ; only in the 18th century the spelling -ct- started to be used, on the pattern of words like collect , and collection
- Why are connection and connexion both used in the same work?
The etymological spelling connexion is the original in English; in 17th cent it was supported by the verb connex v ; after the latter was displaced by connect v , the n began c1725–50 to be often spelt connection, a spelling which, under the influence of etymologically-formed words, such as affection, collection , direction , inspection
- word choice - “Connect to” vs. “Connect with”: Which is better . . .
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- What is the origin of the phrase playing hooky?
Play truant (As From the above, the sense-connexion being to hook Jack from going to school ) Harold Wentworth, American Dialect Dictionary (1944) confirms the usage of "hook Jack" listed in Wilkinson: hook Jack To play truant Cf slunk school [the corresponding term used in Maritimes Canada, circa 1895]
- How and when did American spelling supersede British spelling in the US . . .
1843: connection > connexion; 1844: recognize > recognise; There are a number of other similar instances There are also examples such as fraternize vs fraternise where the former, while already (in terms of the ngram) maintaining a small lead in preference, takes a sudden leap after ~1835
- history - Is the etymology of salary a myth? - English Language . . .
Two small points: 1 Pliny's mention is vague, in that he doesn't mention the nature of these 'rewards', but from other sources (e g Tacitus) it seems clear that a kind of regular salary fitting a certain military rank is in fact intended
- Difference between reflection and reflexion - English Language . . .
The same word, two spellings Oxford English Dictionary The spelling reflection is now much commoner than reflexion in all uses, probably largely as a result of association with reflect v ; compare also flexion n , connection n , etc N E D (1905 ) notes that the spelling reflexion was then ‘still common in scientific use, perhaps through its connexion with reflex’
- etymology - Why did the word, “shellac” come to mean “to defeat . . .
la connexion française The verb, 'to shellac', in all its senses, derives from the noun 'shellac', which itself translates French laque en écailles, "lac in thin plates" An article in the 23 Jan 1921 issue of The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana; paywalled) described its production in detail:
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