Where does “digital” come from?

Digital comes from Latin digitalis, formed from Latin digitus meaning finger and the suffix -alis, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European deyǵ- and deyḱ-, roots meaning to point or show.

digital (English): Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger

Definitions

  1. Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger

Ancestry of “digital”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatindigitālisOf or belonging to the finger
2Latindigitusa finger, toe, digit; a twig
3Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

Words derived from “digital”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →