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The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
2. Proto-Italic*ad
3. Proto-Italic*ad-
4. Latinad-
5. Old Frencha-
6. Proto-Indo-European*stegʰ-
7. Proto-Indo-European*stogʰō?
8. Proto-Germanic*stakô
9. Old Frenchestache
10. Old Frenchestachier
11. Old Frenchatachier
12. Middle Englishattachen
13. English todayattach

From Middle English attachen, from Old French atachier, variant of estachier (“bind”), derived from estache (“stick”), from Frankish *stakkā, *stakō (“stick”), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“pole, bar, stick, stake”). Doublet of attack. More at stake, stack. Displaced native Old English þīedan.

Words from the same roots