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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | date | date |
| 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 |
Words derived from “dată”