Where does “атакувати” come from?

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

атакувати (Ukrainian): to attack, to assault

Definitions

  1. to attack, to assault

Ancestry of “атакувати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchattaquerto attack
2Italianattaccareto stick, attach, append; to attack
3Italiana-ad-; a-
4Italianstaccareto remove, take or take down; to tear out; to...
5Italiandistaccareto separate; to remove, detach, or take off; to...
6Middle Frenchdestacherto detach; to separate
7Old Frenchdestachierto detach; to separate
8Old Frenchdes
9Old Frenchdeof; from
10Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
11Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
12Latindāre
13Proto-Italicdidōgive
14Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
15Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-