English
donate
Donate comes from Latin dono ‘to give’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdonoas dōnāre‘to give’
- Englishtodaydonate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdonoas dōnāre‘to give’
- Englishtodaydonate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’
add, die, data, addition, date, rent, delicious, tradition, surrender, dose, vent, render, treason, vendor, donor, additive, rendezvous, dow, rendition, addendum, dowry, antidote, anecdote, dowager, perdition, dative, endow, dower, dacha, sconce, dati, 40 more
through Latin dono ‘to give’
Today it means
verb To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin dono / donate