Where does “date” come from?
Date comes from Middle English date, from Old French date, from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος, ultimately from Latin dare and do.
date (English): The fruit of the date palm, "Phoenix...
Definitions
- The fruit of the date palm, "Phoenix...
Ancestry of “date”, step by step
date traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English date
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | date | — |
| 2 | Old French | date | date point in time |
| 3 | Latin | data | nominative feminine singular of datus; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 5 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 6 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |