Where does “detackify” come from?

detackify (English) comes from English tackify, from English tack, from French tache, from Old French tasche, from Medieval Latin tasca, from Latin taxa, from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus — to see, to look, to observe.

detackify (English): To make (a material) less tacky in texture

Definitions

  1. To make (a material) less tacky in texture

Ancestry of “detackify”, step by step

detackify traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tackify

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtackifyTo make tacky
2EnglishtackA small nail with a flat head; A thumbtack; A...
3Frenchtacheblot, stain or smear; spot; more or less...
4Old Frenchtascheduty; obligation
5Medieval Latintasca
6Latintaxasecond-person singular present active imperative...
7Latintaxāre
8LatinTaxusyew
9Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
10Spanish-scopio-scope
11Latin-scopium
12Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
13Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
14Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
15Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
16Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
17Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

via English de

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeTo do; Pronunciation spelling of the; A...
2Chinese
3Mandarin德意志
4GermanDeutschGerman
5Old High Germandiutsch
6Old High GermandiutiscAlternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;...
7Proto-West Germanicþiudiskof the people, popular, vernacular
8Proto-Germanicþiudiskazof the people, popular; of the tribe
9Proto-Germanicþeudōpeople, tribe
10Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
11Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ-