Where does “digitless” come from?
digitless (English) comes from English digit, from Middle English digit, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
digitless (English): Without a digit
Ancestry of “digitless”, step by step
digitless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English digit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | digit | The whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the Arabic... |
| 2 | Middle English | digit | digit |
| 3 | Latin | digitus | a finger, toe, digit; a twig |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |
via English less
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 3 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |