datos

/ˈdatos/ · A2 · noun · m

data

📊 datos = data + os: Latin datum (thing given), with the Spanish plural

Both words come from Latin datum, a thing given, from dare (to give), like Spanish dar. English kept the Latin plural data; Spanish made its own: dato, datos. Swap the final -a for -os and you have it.

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