Where does “dital” come from?
dital (English) comes from Italian ditale, from Vulgar Latin digitale, from Latin digitālis, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
dital (English): A finger-operated key for raising the pitch of a...
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- A finger-operated key for raising the pitch of a...
Ancestry of “dital”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | ditale | thimble; fingerstall; cot |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | digitale | nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | digitālis | — |
| 4 | Latin | digitus | a finger, toe, digit; a twig |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |