Etymology

database

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Today it means: A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer. Full definition →

English base ← Middle English base ← Old French base
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*deh₃-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dédeh₃ti
  3. Proto-Italic*didō
  4. Latindō
  5. Latindatus
  6. Latindatum
  7. Englishdata
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*gʷémtis
  10. Proto-Hellenic*gʷə́tis
  11. Ancient Greekβᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)
  12. Latinbasis
  13. Old Frenchbase
  14. Middle Englishbase
  15. Englishbase
  16. English todaydatabase

From data + base.

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