'reconnect' originates from the prefix 're-' meaning 'again' and the word 'connect' from Latin 'connectere', where 'con-' meant 'together' and 'nectere' meant 'to bind'.

'connectere' transformed into the Old French word 'connecter', and eventually became the modern English word 'connect', with 're-' added to form 'reconnect'.

Initially, it meant 'to bind together again', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.