Where does “raindate” come from?
raindate (English) comes from English date, from Middle English date, from Old French date, from Latin data, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō — to give.
raindate (English): An alternative date on which an event will be...
Definitions
- An alternative date on which an event will be...
Ancestry of “raindate”, step by step
raindate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English date
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | date | The fruit of the date palm, "Phoenix... |
| 2 | Middle English | date | — |
| 3 | Old French | date | date point in time |
| 4 | Latin | data | nominative feminine singular of datus; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 6 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 7 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |