Where does “Datenautobahn” come from?
Datenautobahn (German) comes from German Daten, 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.
Datenautobahn (German): information superhighway
Definitions
- information superhighway
Ancestry of “Datenautobahn”, step by step
Datenautobahn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Daten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Daten | data, plural of Datum |
| 2 | English | date | The fruit of the date palm, "Phoenix... |
| 3 | Middle English | date | — |
| 4 | Old French | date | date point in time |
| 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 |
via German Autobahn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Autobahn | A class of road built to freeway standards,... |
| 2 | German | Auto | car |
| 3 | German | automobil | automobile |
| 4 | Spanish | automóvil | automobile |
| 5 | Russian | автомоби́ль | car, automobile, motorcar |
| 6 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 7 | French | auto- | auto- regarding oneself |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |