Where does “digitigrade” come from?
digitigrade (English) comes from French digitigrade, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
digitigrade (English): Of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the...
Definitions
- Of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the...
Ancestry of “digitigrade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | digitigrade | digitigrade |
| 2 | Latin | digitus | a finger, toe, digit; a twig |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |
Words derived from “digitigrade”