Where does “dadu” come from?
dadu (Vulgar Latin) comes 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.
Ancestry of “dadu”, step by step
dadu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin datum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 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 |
via Arabic أَعْدَاد
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | أَعْدَاد | numbers |