Where does “dates” come from?
dates (Danish) comes from Danish date, from English date, from Middle English date, from Old French date, from Latin data, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre — to give.
dates (Danish): indefinite plural of date; indefinite genitive...
Definitions
- indefinite plural of date; indefinite genitive...
Ancestry of “dates”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | date | a date; to date |
| 2 | English | date | The fruit of the date palm, "Phoenix... |
| 3 | Middle English | date | — |
| 4 | Old French | date | date |
| 5 | Latin | data | nominative feminine singular of datus; nominative... |
| 6 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 7 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 8 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |