connective
con·nec·tive
adjective
1.
connecting or tending to connect
- “connective remarks between chapters”
- “connective tissue in animals”
- “conjunctive tissue in plants”
noun
1.
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
2.
an instrumentality that connects
- “he soldered the connection”
- “he didn”
Origin
For connexive, borrowed from Latin connexīvus. Displacement of x by ct in Latin loanwords is very common. Compare connect, connectivum, connection.
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