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
- The quality of being desirable as a potential...
Ancestry of “dateability”, step by step
dateability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dateable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dateable | That may be ascribed a date or age; Suitable for... |
| 2 | English | date | The fruit of the date palm, "Phoenix... |
| 3 | Middle English | date | — |
| 4 | Old French | date | date point in time |
| 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 |