Etymology of the English word database
the English word
databasederived from the English word
dataderived from the Latin word
dataderived from the Vulgar Latin word
datum (present, gift; that which is given)
derived from the Latin word
dare (give; dedicate; sell; surrender, give over; send to die)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dō-derived from the English word
basederived from the Old French word
basederived from the Latin word
basis (footing, base; pedestal; base, point of attachment)
derived from the Greek word
basis, βάσις (footing, base; a pace ('base'); the foot)
derived from the Greek word
bainein, βαίνω
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷā-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷa-Usage
Word found in Modern English