dated

The word 'dated' originates from the past participle of the verb 'to date', meaning to mark something with a specific time. The verb itself entered English from Old French 'dater', which derived from the Medieval Latin 'datare' (to give a date), ultimately from the Latin 'datus', the past participle of 'dare' (to give). This connection stems from the opening formula of Roman letters, "data..." (given on a certain day). The modern adjectival sense of "old-fashioned" is a semantic extension from the core meaning of being marked with a date; something that is conspicuously associated with a past time period is perceived as out of current style. Thus, the literal act of assigning a chronological marker evolved into the figurative judgment of being behind the times.

Structure: date (to mark with a time) + ed (adjective suffix) - date: From Latin 'data' (given), via Old French 'date'. In this context, it functions as the base meaning "to assign a point in time". - ed: A productive English suffix of Old English origin, used to form adjectives from nouns or verbs, indicating "having the quality of" or "characterized by".