Where does “Datenschützer” come from?

Datenschützer (German) comes from German Datenschutz, 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.

Datenschützer (German): (data) privacy advocate

Definitions

  1. (data) privacy advocate

Ancestry of “Datenschützer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDatenschutzdata privacy
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃tiEvery word from Proto-Italic didō