Etymology

attacking

at·tack·ing
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Today it means: Carrying out an attack. Full definition →

English attack ← French attaque ← Italian attaccare
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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. Frenchattaquerdeverb.
  19. Frenchattaque
  20. Englishattack
  21. English todayattacking

From attack + -ing.

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