Where does “digitigrade” come from?
digitigrade (French) comes from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
digitigrade (French): digitigrade
Ancestry of “digitigrade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | digitus | a finger, toe, digit; a twig |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |
Words derived from “digitigrade”