Etymograph

English

datum

Datum comes from Latin datum.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdatum
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1982same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdatum
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1982same form

Earliest quotation: 1982, Paul M. Tucker, Pitfalls Revisited - Issue 3: “Removing the effects of any period of deformation by…”

Linked words

through Latin datum

die, data, dado, 1 more

Today it means

noun Something known or assumed as fact, and is made the basis of reasoning or inference which an intellectual system of any sort (such as knowledge or theoretical framework) is constructed.

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Etymograph / Latin datum / datum

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