Where does “Daten” come from?

Daten (German) 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.

Daten (German): data, plural of Datum

Definitions

  1. data, plural of Datum

Ancestry of “Daten”, step by step

Daten traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English date

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

via Proto-Malayic datəŋ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicdatəŋto come; to arrive

via German Data

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanData

Words derived from “Daten

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-