Where does “date” come from?
date (Italian) comes from Italian data, from Late Latin data, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.
date (Italian): plural of data; second-person plural present of...
Definitions
- plural of data; second-person plural present of...
Ancestry of “date”, step by step
date traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian data
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | data | date; third-person singular present of datare;... |
| 2 | Late Latin | data | — |
| 3 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 4 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |