Where does “datavirus” come from?
datavirus (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk data, 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.
datavirus (Norwegian Nynorsk): virus, computer virus
Ancestry of “datavirus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | data | data; "short form of" datateknologi |
| 2 | English | date | The fruit of the date palm, "Phoenix... |
| 3 | Middle English | date | — |
| 4 | Old French | date | date |
| 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 |