Where does “data” come from?

data (Welsh) comes from English data, 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.

data (Welsh): data

Definitions

  1. data

Ancestry of “data”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdataplural of datum; Information, especially in a...
2Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
3Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
4Latindāre
5Proto-Italicdidōgive
6Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
7Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

Words derived from “data

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-