Connects, fastens, or joins something to something else, or feels emotionally bonded to someone or something.
From Old French 'attachier,' originally meaning to fasten with a stake or pin. The sense evolved to mean connecting physically and later to mean emotional connection or belonging.
The word 'attaché' (as in attaché case) comes from diplomatic staff who were 'attached' to embassies—their official leather cases became so iconic that they define a whole aesthetic of 20th-century espionage and bureaucracy.
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