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Where does “attacher” come from?

attacher (French) comes from Old French atachier, from Old French estachier, from Old French estache, from Medieval Latin staca, from Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰, from Proto-Germanic stakô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

attacher (French): to affix, bind, tie something to something else,...

Definitions

  1. to affix, bind, tie something to something else,...

Ancestry of “attacher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchatachierto attach
2Old FrenchestachierAlternative form of atachier; bind; to fasten...
3Old Frenchestachestake; strap
4Medieval Latinstacaa stake
5Gothic𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰—
6Proto-Germanicstakôstake
7Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

Words derived from “attacher”

  • attachment
  • attaché
  • reattachment
  • nonattachment
  • preattachment
  • overattachment
  • unattachment
  • postattachment
  • attaché case
  • military attaché
  • атташе
  • attachement
  • rattacher
  • attaché
  • rattachement
  • Attaché
  • attachment
  • kulturattaché
  • pressattaché
  • flygattaché
  • försvarsattaché
  • attaché
  • ataše
  • ataşe
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