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Where does “atacar” come from?

atacar (Spanish) 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.

atacar (Spanish): to attack, to come at; to engage; to assail

Definitions

  1. to attack, to come at; to engage; to assail

Ancestry of “atacar”, step by step

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

Words derived from “atacar”

  • ataque
  • atacante
  • contraatacar
  • ciberataque
  • atake
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- →