interconnectedness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-tér
Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin nectō
Latin cōnectō
Latin connectō
English connect
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Old English -ed
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz
Old English -od
Middle English -ed
English -ed
English connected
English interconnected
Proto-Germanic *-in-
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Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-der.
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English interconnectedness

    From interconnected + -ness.

    Noun

    interconnectedness (countable and uncountable, plural interconnectednesses)

    1. The state of being interconnected.
      • 2012, John Mullan, What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved, page 4:
        Look closely, and the minute interconnectedness of her novels is a bravura achievement.
      • 2026 March 20, Arwa Mahdawi, “Chain of Ideas by Ibram X Kendi review – anatomy of a conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
        These ideas are easily challenged when looked at in isolation; it is their interconnectedness that gives the great replacement theory its emotional resonance.
    2. According to some worldviews, a oneness in all things, with no true separation deeper than appearances.

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