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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. Frenchattaquerdeverb.
19. Frenchattaque
20. English todayattack

Borrowed from French attaque, derived from the verb attaquer, from Italian attaccare (“to join, attach”) (used in attaccare battaglia (“to join battle”)), from Frankish *stakkijan (“to stick, stick to, attach”). Doublet of attach. Displaced native Middle English onresen, from Old English onrǣsan (“to attack”); and Middle English resinge (“an assault, attack”) (compare Old English onrǣs (“an attack”)).

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