staccare.
to detach, to remove, to separate, to take or take down (from)
Meaning & usage
to detach, to remove, to separate, to take or take down (from)
to unyoke, to unharness (draught/draft animals)
to uncouple (a train)
to tear out (pages from a book), to tear off (a body part, etc.)
to take (one's eyes) (off of someone) (to stop looking at)
to pronounce (words) separately, not run-together
to play (notes) staccato
to distance, to leave behind (a runner, etc.)
to depress (the clutch petal), to disengage (the clutch)
to stand out
to knock off work, to finish work
to take a break from work
Where this word comes from
From an aphetic variant of distaccare (“to separate, detach”), from Middle French destacher (“to detach”), from Old French destachier (“to detach”), from des- + attachier (“to attach”), alteration of estachier (“to fasten with or to a stake, lay claim to”) from estache (“a stake”), from Low Frankish *stakka (“stake”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz, *stakkô (“stick, stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“stick, stake”). Akin to Old High German stecko (“post”) (German Stecken (“stick”)), Old Saxon stekko (“stake”), Old Norse stakkr (“hay stack, heap”), Old English staca (“stake”). More at English stake.
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