| 【dat-】 is word-forming element usually meaning "give" from Latin "datus, dare, dere" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "dat-"]
data ****[1127] You can refer to information as data, especially when it is in the form of facts or statistics that you can analyse. In American English, data is usually a plural noun. In technical or formal British English, data is sometimes a plural noun, but at other times, it is an uncount noun.
database **[4220] A database is a collection of data that is stored in a computer and that can easily be used and added to.
date ****[791] A date is a specific time that can be named, for example a particular day or a particular year.
datum ☆[4521] something given or admitted especially as a basis for reasoning or inference
[WORD ROOT]root dat
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] dat, date, dit, data
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) datus, dare, dere
[MEANING]root date, give
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【French】 data date, day; time
- 【Latin】 datus [pp of dare] given
- 【Latin】 dare to give, grant, offer
- 【Latin】 dere to give; to put, place
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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data ★★★★[1127] noun from data
【DEFINITION】 You can refer to information as data, especially when it is in the form of facts or statistics that you can analyse. In American English, data is usually a plural noun. In technical or formal British English, data is sometimes a plural noun, but at other times, it is an uncount noun.
【pl.】 [PL]
【ROOTs】 data(dat); give
【Etymology】 《Latin dare》 to give, grant, offer
【First Known Meaning】 a fact given or granted
database ★★[4220] noun from database 〈 data
【DEFINITION】 A database is a collection of data that is stored in a computer and that can easily be used and added to.
【pl.】 databases
【COMPOSITION】 data + base
【ROOTs】 ⑴ data(dat); date, give ⑵ base(bas); step, foundation, to go, walk
【Etymology】 《Latin dare》 to give, grant, offer
date ★★★★[791] noun from date
【DEFINITION】 A date is a specific time that can be named, for example a particular day or a particular year.
【pl.】 dates
【ROOTs】 date(dat); give
【Etymology】 《Latin datus》 [pp of dare] given
【DERIVATIVEs】 datable, dateable, dateless, date
datum ☆[4521] noun from datum 〈 date
【DEFINITION】 something given or admitted especially as a basis for reasoning or inference
【pl.】 data
【ROOTs】 ⑴ dat; give ⑵ um; singular grammatical number
【Etymology】 《Latin datus》 [pp of dare] given
Other words containing "dat-"; dateless, dater, dating, dative, outdate, outdated, postdate, update, updated
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
dance
cycl-
custom
curr
cur
col-, cult-
cruise
crit-, crisi
cresc
cred
