Where does “niciodată” come from?
niciodată (Romanian) comes from Romanian odată, from Romanian dată, from French date, from English date, from Middle English date, from Old French date, from Latin data, from Latin datum — to give.
niciodată (Romanian): never
Definitions
- never
Ancestry of “niciodată”, step by step
niciodată traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian odată
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | odată | ever |
| 2 | Romanian | dată | an instance, occasion, time; destiny, fate; a... |
| 3 | French | date | date point in time |
| 4 | English | date | The fruit of the date palm, "Phoenix... |
| 5 | Middle English | date | — |
| 6 | Old French | date | date point in time |
| 7 | Latin | data | nominative feminine singular of datus; nominative... |
| 8 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 9 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 10 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |