Where does “data” come from?
data (Spanish) comes from Late Latin data, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.
data (Spanish): date
Ancestry of “data”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | data | — |
| 2 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 3 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
Words derived from “data”