Link

What “Link” means

Noun

1. A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
2. One element of a chain or other connected series.
3. Abbreviation of hyperlink.
4. The connection between buses or systems.
5. A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.

Verb

1. To connect (two or more things).
2. To contain a hyperlink to another page.
3. To supply (someone) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.
4. To post a hyperlink to.
5. To demonstrate a correlation between (two things).

Noun

1. A torch, used to light dark streets.

Verb

1. To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly.

Where the word comes from

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. Cognates Cognate with Low German Lenk (“link”), Danish lænke (“chain; link”), Elfdalian lekk (“link”), Icelandic hlekkur (“link”), Norwegian Bokmål lenke (“chain; link”), Norwegian Nynorsk lenke, lenkje (“chain; link”), Swedish länk (“chain; link”).

Plausibly a modification of Medieval Latin linchinus (“candle”), an alteration of Latin lynchinus, itself from Ancient Greek λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”).

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Business name ideas with “Link”

Industries where “Link” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Logistics Company
• Freight Transportation Arrangement