cita

/ˈθita/ · A2 · noun · f

date

📅 cita = to cite: you cite a quote, and you are cited (summoned) to a meeting

From citar, Latin citare, to summon or call. English cite is the same root: citing a passage gives the quote sense, and being summoned to a set time and place gives appointment, then romantic date.

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