Date back to / date from
Translation of “Cela date de … / remonte à …”
A) it dates back to + a SPECIFIC TIME or DATE or it dates from
Antiquity
the Middle Ages
the early XVIIth century
1936
the 1960s
my childhood
my time at university
the spring of 2002
April 15, 2005
B) it dates back + DURATION of TIME
(more than) 2 million years
(as far back as) 2,000 years
3 centuries
a (very) long time
45 years
(about) 3 months
Also possible
C) it dates back + to + [DURATION of TIME]+ ago
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