myEtymology.com: English etymology of postdate

Etymology of the English word postdate

the English word postdate

using the English prefix post-

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-