the.com/connect
The instant two separate things stop being strangers.
means To join or link things, people, or ideas so they relate, communicate, or function together.
from From Latin conectere, 'to bind together' — con (with) plus nectere (to tie), the same knot lurking in 'annex' and 'nexus'.
Telephone eraOperators literally 'connected' calls by plugging cables.
Human meaningEmotional 'connecting' only bloomed in the 20th century.
Sports slangTo 'connect' means landing a clean, solid hit.