Where does “Datenträger” come from?

Datenträger (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.

Datenträger (German): drive

Definitions

  1. drive

Ancestry of “Datenträger”, step by step

Datenträger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Daten

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

via German Träger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTrägeragent noun of tragen; carrier, support; girder,...
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃tiEvery word from Proto-Italic didō