Where does “metagegevens” come from?

metagegevens (Dutch) comes from English metadata, 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.

metagegevens (Dutch): metadata

Definitions

  1. metadata

Ancestry of “metagegevens”, step by step

metagegevens traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English metadata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmetadataData that describes other data, serving as an...
2Englishdataplural of datum; Information, especially in a...
3Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
4Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
5Latindāre
6Proto-Italicdidōgive
7Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
8Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

via Dutch gegevens

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgegevensdata, information
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-
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