Where does “attaccamano” come from?

attaccamano (Italian) comes from Italian attaccare, from Italian a-, from Italian staccare, from Italian distaccare, from Middle French destacher, from Old French destachier, from Old French des, from Old French de — to give.

attaccamano (Italian): cleavers, goosegrass, catchweed

Definitions

  1. cleavers, goosegrass, catchweed

Ancestry of “attaccamano”, step by step

attaccamano traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian attaccare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianattaccareto stick, attach, append; to attack
2Italiana-ad-; a-
3Italianstaccareto remove, take or take down; to tear out; to...
4Italiandistaccareto separate; to remove, detach, or take off; to...
5Middle Frenchdestacherto detach; to separate
6Old Frenchdestachierto detach; to separate
7Old Frenchdes
8Old Frenchdeof; from
9Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
10Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
11Latindāre
12Proto-Italicdidōgive
13Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
14Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

via Italian mano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmano"diminutive:" manina; hand; band, company
2Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
3Proto-Italicmanushand
4Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃tiEvery word from Proto-Italic didō