Where does “detachability” come from?
detachability (English) comes from English detach, from Old French destachier, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō — to give.
detachability (English): The quality or degree of being detachable
Definitions
- The quality or degree of being detachable
Ancestry of “detachability”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | detach | To take apart from; to take off; To separate for... |
| 2 | Old French | destachier | to detach; to separate |
| 3 | Old French | des | — |
| 4 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 6 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 7 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
Words derived from “detachability”