Where does “digitaliser” come from?
digitaliser (French) comes from English digitalize, from English digital, from Latin digitālis, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
digitaliser (French): to digitize
Definitions
- to digitize
Ancestry of “digitaliser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | digitalize | To digitize, to make digital |
| 2 | English | digital | Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger |
| 3 | Latin | digitālis | Of or belonging to the finger |
| 4 | Latin | digitus | a finger, toe, digit; a twig |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |