Where does “quinquedigitate” come from?

quinquedigitate (English) comes from English digitate, from Latin digitātus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

quinquedigitate (English): pentadactyl

Definitions

  1. pentadactyl

Ancestry of “quinquedigitate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdigitateHaving digits, fingers or things shaped like...
2Latindigitātusdigitate; having fingers or toes
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin digitātus →