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Where does “dateability” come from?

dateability (English) comes from English dateable, 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.

dateability (English): The quality of being desirable as a potential...

Definitions

  1. The quality of being desirable as a potential...

Ancestry of “dateability”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdateableThat may be ascribed a date or age; Suitable for...
2EnglishdateThe fruit of the date palm, "Phoenix...
3Middle Englishdate—
4Old Frenchdatedate
5Latindatanominative feminine singular of datus; nominative...
6Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
7Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
8Latindāre—
9Proto-Italicdidōgive
10Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
11Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- →