don / dat / dit
to give
Latin · donare / dare
Latin donare 'to give' and dare 'to give', past form datus 'given'. Don- words are gifts (donate, pardon), while dat- gives data and date, things 'given' as information or as a day set.
Memory trick
DONate means GIVE; DATa are the facts GIVEN to you.
Words from this root
- donate (don + ate) — to give as a giftदान करना
- pardon (par + don) — to forgive, completely give overमाफ़ करना
- pardonable (pardon + able) — able to be forgivenक्षम्य
- unpardonable (un + pardon + able) — too bad to be forgivenअक्षम्य
- date (dat + e) — a given day, to mark a dayतारीख़
- datum (dat + um) — a single piece of given factएक तथ्य, आँकड़ा
- database (data + base) — organised store of informationडेटाबेस
- metadata (meta + data) — data about other dataमेटाडेटा
- update (up + date) — to make up to dateअद्यतन करना
- predate (pre + date) — to come before in timeपहले की तारीख़ का होना
- backdate (back + date) — to put an earlier date onपिछली तारीख़ डालना
- outdate (out + date) — to make old-fashionedपुराना कर देना
- dative (dat + ive) — grammar case for the receiverसंप्रदान कारक