Where does βATAβ 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 πππ°πΊπ° β to cover; pole, stick, beam.
ATA (English): Advanced Technology Attachment; a computer bus...
Definitions
- Advanced Technology Attachment; a computer bus...
Ancestry of βATAβ, step by step
ATA traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English attachment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | attachment | The act or process of attaching; A strong... |
| 2 | French | attachement | attachment |
| 3 | French | attacher | to affix, bind, tie something to something else,... |
| 4 | Old French | atachier | to attach |
| 5 | Old French | estachier | Alternative form of atachier; bind; to fasten... |
| 6 | Old French | estache | stake; strap |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | staca | a stake |
| 8 | Gothic | πππ°πΊπ° | β |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | stakΓ΄ | stake |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |
via English AT
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | AT | Initialism of assistive technology; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Middle English | at | at; to |
| 3 | Old English | Γ¦t | eating; at a certain place; at a certain time |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | Δt | name |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ΔtΔ | the act of eating; food |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | etanΔ | to eat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | hβΓ©dti | to eat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | hβed- | to eat |