"having the power of connecting, serving to connect," 1650s, from connect + -ive (if from Latin, it likely would have been *connexive). Connective tissue is from 1839.
connective tissue in animals
connective remarks between chapters
conlang
connate
connect
Connecticut
connection
connective
connectivity
connector
connexion
conniption
connivance
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