Definitions
make a logical or causal connection
Word origin
From Middle English linke, lenke, from a merger of Old English hlenċe, hlenċa (“ring; chainlink”) and Old Norse *hlenkr, hlekkr (“ring; chain”); both from Proto-Germanic *hlankiz (“ring; bond; fettle; fetter”), from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“bendsome, flexible”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng-, *klenk- (“to bend; twist; wind”). Used in English since the 14th century. Related to lank.
Used in a sentence
“The mayor’s assistant serves as the link to the media.”
“The link of brotherhood, by which / One common Maker bound me to the kind.”
“And so by double lynkes enchaynde themselues in louers life”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Chain piece”4 letters
02“Connection in a chain”4 letters
03“Connection between things”4 letters
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