Where does “digitately” come from?

digitately (English) comes from English digitate, from Latin digitātus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

digitately (English): In a digitate fashion

Definitions

  1. In a digitate fashion

Ancestry of “digitately”, step by step

digitately traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English digitate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdigitateHaving digits, fingers or things shaped like...
2Latindigitātusdigitate; having fingers or toes
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin digitātus →