Where does “digit” come from?
Digit comes from Middle English digit, from Latin digitus meaning finger, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European deyǵ- and deyḱ-.
digit (English): The whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the Arabic...
Definitions
- The whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the Arabic...
Ancestry of “digit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | digit | digit |
| 2 | Latin | digitus | a finger, toe, digit; a twig |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |
Words derived from “digit”