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      detach
      verb
      (transitive) To take apart from; to take off.
      (intransitive) To come off something.
      (transitive, military) To separate for a special object or use.
      Roots
      de-de- · Latin · un-, awaytachetach- · Old French · nail, stake, peg
      Synonyms for detach
      disengagevdisjoinvuncouplevdisconnectvunstrapvdissociatevdisunitevunclaspvremovevunfastenvseparateadjsevervdisassemblevunbindvdisentanglev
      Words related to detach
      detachabilityndisassociatevunhookvnondetachableadjunhitchvunyokevdecouplevunsoldervdemountreattachundetachedunlashvunstringvdislodgevunpinvdetachableadjdeglutinateveloignunlinkunplugvattachvdisjectdissevervunbeltvsecludev

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      Where does detach come from?

      The word detach breaks down into 2 roots of Latin and Old French origin: de-, from Latin de- (“un-, away”); and tach, from Old French tache (“nail, stake, peg”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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