'update' originates from English, specifically the combination of 'up' and 'date', where 'up' meant 'to a higher position' and 'date' referred to a specific time.

'update' changed from the combination of 'up' and 'date' in English and eventually became the modern English word 'update'.

Initially, it meant 'to bring something to the present time', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.