Where does “digitalis” come from?

digitalis (Finnish) comes from Latin digitālis, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

digitalis (Finnish): digitalis medical extract

Definitions

  1. digitalis medical extract

Ancestry of “digitalis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatindigitālisOf or belonging to the finger
2Latindigitusa finger, toe, digit; a twig
3Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →Every word from Latin digitus →Every word from Latin digitālis →
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