Where does “distaccato” come from?
distaccato (Italian) comes from Italian distaccare, from Middle French destacher, from Old French destachier, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre — to give.
distaccato (Italian): detached; past participle of distaccare; past...
Definitions
- detached; past participle of distaccare; past...
Ancestry of “distaccato”, step by step
distaccato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian distaccare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | distaccare | to separate; to remove, detach, or take off; to... |
| 2 | Middle French | destacher | to detach; to separate |
| 3 | Old French | destachier | to detach; to separate |
| 4 | Old French | des | — |
| 5 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 7 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 8 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
via Italian distaccarsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | distaccarsi | reflexive of distaccare; to take off; to detach... |