Where does “hexit” come from?

hexit (English) comes from English digit, from Middle English digit, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

hexit (English): A hexadecimal digit

Definitions

  1. A hexadecimal digit

Ancestry of “hexit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdigitThe whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the Arabic...
2Middle Englishdigitdigit
3Latindigitusa finger, toe, digit; a twig
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out
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