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

  1. Of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the...

Ancestry of “digitigrade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdigitigradedigitigrade
2Latindigitusa finger, toe, digit; a twig
3Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

Words derived from “digitigrade”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →Every word from Latin digitus →Every word from French digitigrade →