fecha
/ˈfet͡ʃa/ · A2 · noun · f
date
📅 fecha = Latin facta, made: the day a document was made
Fecha is the old Spanish form of hecha (made, done), from Latin facta. Scribes closed letters with fecha plus the day, meaning made on this day, and the word came to mean the date itself. Same family as hacer and English fact.