myEtymology.com: English etymology of date

1. Etymology of the English word date

the English word date

derived from the Old French word date

derived from the Latin word data

derived 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-

Dutch dadel, Dutch datum, French date, French datte, German Dattel, German Datum, Icelandic dadla, Italian data, Italian dato, Italian dattero, Lithuanian data, Norwegian dato, Portuguese data, Portuguese datile, Russian дaтa, Spanish data, Swedish dadel, Swedish datum

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derived from the English word date

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