English

datasheet

From data + sheet.

A compound of data + sheet

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘give’

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Proto-Italic *didō ‘to give’

Latin dō ‘to give’

Latin datum ‘that is given’

Latin data

English data

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- ‘to throw, shoot’

Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ

Old English sċīete ‘a sheet of linen’

Middle English schete ‘linen cloth’

English sheet

Today it means

noun A document summarizing the performance and other technical characteristics of a product.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / datasheet