Where does “unidigitate” come from?

unidigitate (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.

unidigitate (English): Having only one functional digit

Definitions

  1. Having only one functional digit

Ancestry of “unidigitate”, step by step

unidigitate 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 uni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishuniUniversity; Sea urchin eaten as sushi
2Japanese雲丹the food made from the roe of sea urchin,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin digitātus →