Where does “Onlinedating” come from?
Onlinedating (German) comes from English online dating, from English online date, from English date, from Middle English date, from Old French date, from Latin data, from Latin datum, from Latin datus — to give.
Onlinedating (German): online dating
Definitions
- online dating
Ancestry of “Onlinedating”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | online dating | Dating over the Internet, typically using a website or app to find potential connections |
| 2 | English | online date | A date over the Internet |
| 3 | English | date | The fruit of the date palm, "Phoenix... |
| 4 | Middle English | date | — |
| 5 | Old French | date | date point in time |
| 6 | Latin | data | nominative feminine singular of datus; nominative... |
| 7 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 8 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 9 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |