disconnected

adjective

That is no longer connected.

Feeling a lack of empathy or association with something.

Incoherent; disjointed.

(mathematics, of a topological space) That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.

Roots

disdis- · Latin · apart, not necto-nect · Latin · bind, tie

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Where does disconnected come from?

The word disconnected breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: dis-, from Latin dis (“apart, not”); and -nect, from Latin necto (“bind, tie”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.