English
attacca
Attacca comes from Italian attaccare ‘to attach’, from staccare ‘to detach, to remove, to separate, to take or…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- ‘to be sharp’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)teyg-‘to be sharp’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stikaną‘to stick’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stekan‘to pierce, to stab, to stick’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400atachier‘to attach’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400destachier‘to detach’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600destacher‘to detach’
- Italianc. 1300–presentdistaccare‘to separate’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentstaccare‘to detach, to remove, to separate, to take or take down (from)’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentattaccare‘to attach’
- Englishtodayattacca
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)teyg-‘to be sharp’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stikaną‘to stick’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stekan‘to pierce, to stab, to stick’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400atachier‘to attach’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400destachier‘to detach’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600destacher‘to detach’
- Italianc. 1300–presentdistaccare‘to separate’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentstaccare‘to detach, to remove, to separate, to take or take down (from)’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentattaccare‘to attach’
- Englishtodayattacca
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- ‘to be sharp’
style, tiger, stigma, stylus, instigate, stiletto, tigress, 9 more
through Proto-Germanic *stikaną ‘to stick’
stock, stick, stitch, shtick, schtick, 3 more
through Old French atachier ‘to attach’
through Old French destachier ‘to detach’
through Italian staccare ‘to detach, to remove, to separate, to take or…’
Today it means
adv Without any break between the current movement and the next movement of the work.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- / attacca