Where does “detachement” come from?
detachement (Danish) comes from French détachement, from French détacher, from French tacher, from French tache, from Old French tasche, from Medieval Latin tasca, from Latin taxa, from Latin taxāre — to see, to look, to observe.
detachement (Danish): detachment, a separate military unit assigned for a particular purpose
Definitions
- detachment, a separate military unit assigned for a particular purpose
Ancestry of “detachement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | détachement | detachment |
| 2 | French | détacher | to remove spots, stains; to detach, unbind or... |
| 3 | French | tacher | to soil or stain; to tarnish one's reputation |
| 4 | French | tache | blot, stain or smear; spot; more or less... |
| 5 | Old French | tasche | duty; obligation |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | tasca | — |
| 7 | Latin | taxa | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 8 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 11 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 12 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 16 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |