Where does “Dateiname” come from?

Dateiname (German) comes from German Datei, from German Daten, from English date, from Middle English date, from Old French date, from Latin data, from Latin datum, from Latin datus — to give.

Dateiname (German): filename

Definitions

  1. filename

Ancestry of “Dateiname”, step by step

Dateiname traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Datei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDateifile
2GermanDatendata, plural of Datum
3EnglishdateThe fruit of the date palm, "Phoenix...
4Middle Englishdate
5Old Frenchdatedate point in time
6Latindatanominative feminine singular of datus; nominative...
7Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
8Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
9Latindāre
10Proto-Italicdidōgive
11Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
12Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

via German nāme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannāmename (forename, Christian name, given name)
2Middle High Germannamename
3Old High Germannamoname; noun
4Proto-West Germanicnamōname
5Proto-Germanicnamôname
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃tiEvery word from Proto-Italic didō