Where does “datelessness” come from?
datelessness (English) comes from English dateless, 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.
datelessness (English): The state or condition of being dateless:...
Definitions
- The state or condition of being dateless:...
Ancestry of “datelessness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | dateless | Out of one's head; deranged; thick-headed;... |
| 2 | English | date | The fruit of the date palm, "Phoenix... |
| 3 | Middle English | date | — |
| 4 | Old French | date | date |
| 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 |