FromItaliana dato(“from date”), first part fromItaliana(“in, at, to”),in most cases fromLatinad(“to, towards, up to, at”), fromProto-Italic*ad(“toward, to, on, up to, for”), fromProto-Indo-European*h₂éd(“to, at”),in certain cases, fromLatina(“from, away from, out of”), fromab(“from, away from, out of, down from”), fromProto-Italic*ab, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂epó(“off, away”). Last part fromLatindatus(“given, offered”), perfect passive participle ofdō(“I give”), fromProto-Italic*didō(“give”), fromProto-Indo-European*dédeh₃ti(“to be giving”), from the root*deh₃-(“give”).