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Attich, masculine, from the equivalent Middle High German attech (atech), Old High German attah (attuh, atah), ‘danewort,’ borrowed and extended at an early period from Latin acte (Greek ἀκτῇ, ἀκτέα), ‘elder-tree.’ Compare Lattich from Latin lactuca, also Dattel from dactylos.