Etymograph

English

date

Date comes from Old French date, from Late Latin data, from Latin datus ‘given’, past participle of dō ‘to give’, ultimately from PIE *deh₃-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-‘to give’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdō‘to give’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdatus‘given’
  4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdata
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400date
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1996same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-‘to give’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdō‘to give’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdatus‘given’
  4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdata
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400date
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1996same form

Earliest quotation: 1996, Peter Doyle: “The bullet took the middle finger of his right…”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-

Another origin of date

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-‘to give’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdare‘to give’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdatus‘given’past participle of dare
  4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdata
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400date
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- / date

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