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Where does “attacklike” come from?

attacklike (English) comes from English attack, from French attaque, from French attaquer, from Italian attaccare, from Italian a-, from Italian staccare, from Italian distaccare, from Middle French destacher — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

attacklike (English): Resembling or characteristic of an attack

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an attack

Ancestry of “attacklike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishattackAn attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death...
2Frenchattaqueattack; onset of a syllable; first-person...
3Frenchattaquerto attack
4Italianattaccareto stick, attach, append; to attack
5Italiana-ad-; a-
6Italianstaccareto remove, take or take down; to tear out; to...
7Italiandistaccareto separate; to remove, detach, or take off; to...
8Middle Frenchdestacherto detach; to separate
9Old Frenchdestachierto detach; to separate
10Old Frenchatachierto attach
11Old FrenchestachierAlternative form of atachier; bind; to fasten...
12Old Frenchestachestake; strap
13Medieval Latinstacaa stake
14Gothic𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰—
15Proto-Germanicstakôstake
16Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam
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