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relat

Latin

relate, connect, tell

Variants:relatrelate
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From Latin relātus, past participle of referre (to carry back, report, relate), from re- (back) + ferre (to carry). Connects the ideas of 'carrying back' a report (relate, narrate) and establishing connections (relation, relationship, relative). Relativity (in physics and general usage) extends to how things connect to a frame of reference.

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relationship

the connection between people or things

relation

a connection between things; a family member

relatively

In comparison with something else; fairly

relativity

The quality of being relative; Einstein's theory of space and time

correlated

Mutually related or connected in a systematic way