"date (day of the month)" in seven languages
Meaningdate (day of the month)
Spanish
fecha
/ˈfetʃa/
fem.other source · Latin FACTA 'done', from charters dated 'fecha en…' ('done at…')
French
date
/dat/
fem.learned
Italian
data
/ˈdata/
fem.learned
Portuguese
data
/ˈdatɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
dată
/ˈdatə/
fem.learned
Catalan
data
/ˈdatə/
fem.learned
English
date
/deɪt/
from Latin/French · Old French date
English → Italiandate (day of the month)dataCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DATA‘given (Medieval Latin, from letters dated 'data Romae…')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Latin letters closed with 'data Romae…' — '(given) at Rome on…', so the date is the 'given' part. Spanish charters wrote 'fecha en…' ('done at…'), and fecha, from FACTA, won.
English relatives: data, dative
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In a sentence
- es¿Qué fecha es hoy?
- frQuelle est la date d'aujourd'hui ?
- itChe data è oggi?
- ptQual é a data de hoje?
- roCe dată e azi?
- caQuina és la data d'avui?
- enWhat's the date today?