Etymology Explorer β€Ί Old French

Where does β€œestache” come from?

estache (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin staca, from Gothic πƒπ„πŒ°πŒΊπŒ°, from Proto-Germanic stakΓ΄, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- β€” to cover; pole, stick, beam.

estache (Old French): stake; strap

Definitions

  1. stake; strap

Ancestry of β€œestache”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinstacaa stake
2Gothicπƒπ„πŒ°πŒΊπŒ°β€”
3Proto-GermanicstakΓ΄stake
4Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

Words derived from β€œestache”

  • attachment
  • attach
  • detachment
  • etiquette
  • detach
  • staccato
  • detachable
  • attachΓ©
  • reattachment
  • nonattachment
  • attachable
  • attacher
  • detachability
  • undetachable
  • nondetachable
  • detacher
  • preattachment
  • overattachment
  • unattachment
  • photodetachment
  • unattachable
  • postattachment
  • detachably
  • attacheth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- β†’