date
English
/deɪt/
noun
Definitions
- The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
- The date palm.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English date derived from Old French date derived from Latin dactylus (long date grape, finger) derived from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (finger, a finger, toes, fingers, date, a dactyl) derived from Arabic دَقَل (variety of date palm, mast) derived from Hebrew (modern) דֶּקֶל (date palm).
Origin
Hebrew (Modern Ashkenazic)
דֶּקֶל
Gloss
date palm
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- air English
- airdate English
- antedatable English
- antedate English
- back English
- backdate English
- backdater English
- birth English
- birthdate English
- book English
- crossdate English
- cyberdate English
- dactyl English
- dactylo- English
- date rapist English
- dateability English
- dateable English
- datebook English
- datelike English
- dateline English
- dateliner English
- dater English
- datestamp English
- datestone English
- datetime English
- datewise English
- dateworthy English
- dendrodate English
- downdate English
- e-date English
- foredate English
- interdate English
- line English
- macrodactylic English
- man English
- man date English
- misdate English
- multidate English
- nondate English
- outdate English
- overdate English
- paradactyl English
- play English
- playdate English
- polydactyly English
- postdate English
- predate English
- rain English
- raindate English
- rapist English
- redate English
- retrodate English
- reupdate English
- stamp English
- star English
- stardate English
- stone English
- syndactyly English
- tetradactyl English
- time English
- to English
- tridactyl English
- undateable English
- up English
- updatable English
- update English
- updateable English
- updater English
- updation English
- uptodate English
- zygodactylous English
- deittailla Finnish
- deitti Finnish
- -dactylus Latin
- dactylicus Latin
- dactylifer Latin
- dactylo- Latin
- dactylus Latin
- data Latin
- datalus Latin
- stenodactylus Latin
- Date German
- dattero Italian
- dattilo Italian
- dactyloscopie Dutch, Flemish
- dactylus Dutch, Flemish
- dateline Dutch, Flemish
- daten Dutch, Flemish
- datum Dutch, Flemish
- geboortedatum Dutch, Flemish
- houdbaarheidsdatum Dutch, Flemish
- overlijdensdatum Dutch, Flemish
- update Dutch, Flemish
- updaten Dutch, Flemish
- vervaldatum Dutch, Flemish
- dactyle French
- date French
- апдейт Russian
- δάκτυλος Ancient Greek
- πολυδάκτυλος Ancient Greek
- ἑρμοδάκτυλον Ancient Greek
- ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ancient Greek
- daddel Norwegian Bokmål
- oppdatere Norwegian Bokmål
- update Portuguese
- dejt Swedish
- dejta Swedish
- アップデート Japanese
- デート Japanese
- daddel Norwegian Nynorsk
- date Middle English
- dáta Irish
- date Danish
- opdatere Danish
- دَقَل Arabic
- date Old French
- dàtil Catalan, Valencian
- deita Icelandic
- آپدیت Persian
- อัปเดต Thai
- เดท Thai
- δάχτυλο Greek (modern)
- datum Indonesian
- dadele Middle Dutch
- datum Middle Dutch
- datel Middle High German
- דֶּקֶל Hebrew (modern)
- dadele Middle Low German
- digali Swahili
- 데이트 Korean
- up
- to
- air
- man
- rain
- book
- play
- time
- back
- star
- line
- stamp
- birth
- dater
- stone
- dactyl
- update
- redate
- e-date
- rapist
- airdate
- outdate
- predate
- updater
- nondate
- misdate
- uptodate
- datebook
- datelike
- raindate
- dateable
- dactylo-
- stardate
- man date
- antedate
- playdate
- updation
- reupdate
- datetime
- backdate
- overdate
- downdate
- datewise
- foredate
- postdate
- dateline
- birthdate
- crossdate
- datestone
- datestamp
- dateliner
- interdate
- multidate
- backdater
- retrodate
- cyberdate
- tridactyl
- updatable
- paradactyl
- dateworthy
- updateable
- dendrodate
- undateable
- syndactyly
- tetradactyl
- date rapist
- antedatable
- polydactyly
- dateability
- macrodactylic
- zygodactylous