Etymology

attachable

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Today it means: Able to be attached. Full definition →

English attach ← Middle English attachen ← Old French atachier
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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. Englishattach
  14. English todayattachable

From attach + -able.

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