French word date comes from Proto-Indo-European *dō, Ancient Greek δάκτυλος, and later Proto-Italic *didō (Give.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*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). |