Etymology

dateline

date·line
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Today it means: A line at the beginning of a document (such as a newspaper article) stating the place of origin and typically the date, and often written in capital letters. Full definition →

English line ← Middle English line ← Old English līne
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*deh₃-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dédeh₃ti
  3. Proto-Italic*didō
  4. Latindō
  5. Late Latindatus
  6. Late Latindata
  7. Old Frenchdate
  8. Middle Englishdate
  9. Englishdate
  10. Proto-Indo-European*līno-der.?
  11. Proto-Germanic*līną
  12. Proto-Germanic*līnǭ
  13. Proto-West Germanic*līnā
  14. Old Englishlīne
  15. Middle Englishline
  16. Englishline
  17. English todaydateline

From date + line.

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