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Where does β€œATA” come from?

ATA (English) comes from English attachment, from French attachement, from French attacher, from Old French atachier, from Old French estachier, from Old French estache, from Medieval Latin staca, from Gothic πƒπ„πŒ°πŒΊπŒ° β€” to cover; pole, stick, beam.

ATA (English): Advanced Technology Attachment; a computer bus...

Definitions

  1. Advanced Technology Attachment; a computer bus...

Ancestry of β€œATA”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishattachmentThe act or process of attaching; A strong...
2Frenchattachementattachment
3Frenchattacherto affix, bind, tie something to something else,...
4Old Frenchatachierto attach
5Old FrenchestachierAlternative form of atachier; bind; to fasten...
6Old Frenchestachestake; strap
7Medieval Latinstacaa stake
8Gothicπƒπ„πŒ°πŒΊπŒ°β€”
9Proto-GermanicstakΓ΄stake
10Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

Words derived from β€œATA”

  • SATA
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- β†’