Where does “attachment” come from?
Attachment comes from French attachement, derived from the Old French verb attacher plus the French suffix -ment, ultimately from Latin -mentum, a nominal suffix from Latin mens meaning mind, traced to Proto-Indo-European méntis.
attachment (English): The act or process of attaching; A strong...
Definitions
- The act or process of attaching; A strong...
Ancestry of “attachment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | attachement | attachment |
| 2 | French | attacher | to affix, bind, tie something to something else,... |
| 3 | Old French | atachier | to attach |
| 4 | Old French | estachier | Alternative form of atachier; bind; to fasten... |
| 5 | Old French | estache | stake; strap |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | staca | a stake |
| 7 | Gothic | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | stakô | stake |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |