Etymology

attacca

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Today it means: Without any break between the current movement and the next movement of the work. Full definition →

Italian attaccare ← Middle French destacher ← Old French destachier
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Italiana-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  9. Proto-Italic*dis-
  10. Latindis-
  11. Old Frenchdes-
  12. Old Frenchatachier
  13. Old Frenchdestachier
  14. Middle Frenchdestacher
  15. Italiandistaccare
  16. Italianstaccare
  17. Italianattaccare
  18. English todayattacca

Borrowed from Italian attaccare (“to attach”).

Words from the same roots

Italianattaccare all →

attack

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