Where does “Datenschutz” come from?
Datenschutz (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.
Datenschutz (German): data privacy
Definitions
- data privacy
Ancestry of “Datenschutz”, step by step
Datenschutz 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 Schütz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schütz | contactor |
| 2 | German | schützen | to defend; to protect; to shelter; to guard; to... |
| 3 | Middle High German | schützen | to dam; to grant protection; to protect; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skutjaną | to bar, bolt |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skuttą | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewd- | to advance, push; to drive, propel |