Where does “raw data” come from?
raw data (English) comes from English data, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.
raw data (English): Data that have not been analyzed or processed
Definitions
- Data that have not been analyzed or processed
Ancestry of “raw data”, step by step
raw data traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English data
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | data | plural of datum; Information, especially in a... |
| 2 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 3 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 4 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
via English raw
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | raw | Not cooked; Not treated or processed; in a... |
| 2 | Middle English | rawe | raw; raw, unprocessed, unfiltered; wounded, hurt,... |
| 3 | Old English | hrēaw | raw, uncooked |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hrau | raw |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hrawaz | raw, uncooked |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krewh₂- | blood outside the body |