Etymograph

English

raw data

Coined in the 1910s, from raw (“unprocessed”) + data.

A compound of raw ‘unprocessed’ + data

Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- ‘raw meat’

Proto-Germanic *hrawaz ‘raw’

Proto-West Germanic *hrau

Old English hrēaw ‘raw’

Middle English rawe

English raw

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘give’

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Proto-Italic *didō ‘to give’

Latin dō ‘to give’

Latin datum ‘that is given’

Latin data

English data

The story

Coined in the 1910s, from raw (‘unprocessed’) + data.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Today it means

noun Data that has not been analyzed or processed.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “raw data”. 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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