French word date comes from Proto-Indo-European *dō, Ancient Greek δάκτυλος, and later Proto-Italic *didō (Give.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *dō | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| δάκτυλος | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
| *didō | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Give. |
| *dh₃tós | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | Given. |
| dactylus | Latin (lat) | (New Latin) finger-like; fingered. (poetry) a dactyl (¯ ˘ ˘), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; this came to be in an allusion to the three joints of the finger. A kind of grape. A precious stone. A sort of grass. A sort of muscle. The date. |
| dare | Latin (lat) | |
| *datos | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | |
| datus | Latin (lat) | (Late Latin) gift. |
| datum | Latin (lat) | Gift, present. |
| data | Latin (lat) | |
| data | Late Latin (LL) | |
| datille | Old French (fro) | |
| date | French (fra) | Date (point in time). |