Where does “dată” come from?
dată (Romanian) comes from French date, 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.
dată (Romanian): an instance, occasion, time; destiny, fate; a...
Definitions
- an instance, occasion, time; destiny, fate; a...
Ancestry of “dată”, step by step
dată traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French date
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | date | date point in time |
| 2 | English | date | The fruit of the date palm, "Phoenix... |
| 3 | Middle English | date | — |
| 4 | Old French | date | date point in time |
| 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 |
via French dater
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dater | to date, to add a date onto something; to date |