myEtymology.com: English etymology of dating

Etymology of the English word dating

the English word dating

derived from 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-