Where does “data” come from?

data (Late Latin) comes from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.

Ancestry of “data”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
2Latindāre
3Proto-Italicdidōgive
4Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

Words derived from “data

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-