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Where does “pollical” come from?

pollical (English) comes from Latin pollicis, from Latin pollex — thumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...

pollical (English): of the thumb

Definitions

  1. of the thumb

Ancestry of “pollical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpollicisgenitive singular of pollex
2Latinpollexthumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...
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