Etymograph

English

to date

From to + date.

A compound of to + date

Proto-Indo-European *de ‘to’

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Proto-Germanic *tō

Proto-West Germanic *tō

Old English tō ‘to’

Middle English to

English to

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

prep_phrase Until now; until the present time.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “to date”. 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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