Etymograph

English

raindate

From rain + date.

A compound of rain + date

Proto-Germanic *regną ‘rain’

Proto-West Germanic *regn ‘rain’

Old English reġn ‘rain’

Middle English reyn

English rain

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’

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Latin datus ‘given’

Late Latin data

Old French date

Middle English date

English date

Today it means

noun An alternative date on which an event will be held if it rains on the originally scheduled date.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “raindate”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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