Where does “ciberatac” come from?

ciberatac (Catalan) comes from Catalan atac, from Catalan atacar, from Italian attaccare, from Italian a-, from Italian staccare, from Italian distaccare, from Middle French destacher, from Old French destachier — to give.

ciberatac (Catalan): cyberattack

Definitions

  1. cyberattack

Ancestry of “ciberatac”, step by step

ciberatac traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan atac

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanatacattack
2Catalanatacarto attack
3Italianattaccareto stick, attach, append; to attack
4Italiana-ad-; a-
5Italianstaccareto remove, take or take down; to tear out; to...
6Italiandistaccareto separate; to remove, detach, or take off; to...
7Middle Frenchdestacherto detach; to separate
8Old Frenchdestachierto detach; to separate
9Old Frenchdes
10Old Frenchdeof; from
11Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
12Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
13Latindāre
14Proto-Italicdidōgive
15Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
16Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

via Catalan ciber

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanciber
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃tiEvery word from Proto-Italic didō
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