Where does “databank” come from?
databank (Dutch) comes from English databank, from English data, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.
databank (Dutch): database, databank; databank
Definitions
- database, databank; databank
Ancestry of “databank”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | databank | A database; An organization dedicated to... |
| 2 | English | data | plural of datum; Information, especially in a... |
| 3 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 4 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 5 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |