Tack

Morpheme

Tack

Type

bound base

Denotation

stick, strap, stake

Etymology

French attaquer; Italian attaccare, from staccare (with s- replaced by at-), from distaccare; Middle French destacher; Old French destachier, from estache

Evidence

attack, attackability, attackable, attacked, attackee, attacking, attacklike, attackman, attacks, attackt, attackted, attackworthy, multiattack, nonattack, nonattackable, preattack, reattack, subattack, unattackable, unattacked

Notes

attack and attach are doublets

See Also

Tach

Homographs

Tack, Tack, Tack, Tack