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don / dat / dit

to give

Latin · donare / dare

Latin donare 'to give' and dare 'to give', past form datus 'given'. Don- words are gifts (donate, pardon), while dat- gives data and date, things 'given' as information or as a day set.

Memory trick

DONate means GIVE; DATa are the facts GIVEN to you.

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