Where does “tridigitate” come from?

tridigitate (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.

tridigitate (English): Having three fingers or finger-like projections

Definitions

  1. Having three fingers or finger-like projections

Ancestry of “tridigitate”, step by step

tridigitate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English digitate

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

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin digitātus →