Where does “detach” come from?
Detach comes from Old French destachier, formed from the prefix des- (from Latin dis-) and a root ultimately from Frankish stakka, which traces to Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ and (s)teg-, meaning to stick or fasten.
detach (English): To take apart from; to take off; To separate for...
Definitions
- To take apart from; to take off; To separate for...
Ancestry of “detach”, step by step
detach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French destachier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | destachier | to detach; to separate |
| 2 | Old French | des | — |
| 3 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 4 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 5 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 6 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |