Where does “date” come from?

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

date (Old French): date point in time

Definitions

  1. date point in time

Ancestry of “date”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindatanominative feminine singular of datus; nominative...
2Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
3Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
4Latindāre
5Proto-Italicdidōgive
6Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
7Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

Words derived from “date

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-
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