Etymology of the French word date
the Old French word
datederived 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-Date
The earliest known usage of date in French dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in French
antidate,
dater,
postdateDerivations in other languages
English
date, Romanian
datăCognates
Dutch
dadel, Dutch
datum, English
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
datumUsage
Word found in Old French
