myEtymology.com: English etymology of misdate

Etymology of the English word misdate

the English word misdate

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-

derived from the English word mis-