Where does “doigt” come from?
doigt (French) comes from Middle French doigt, from Old French doit, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
doigt (French): finger; toe
Ancestry of “doigt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | doigt | finger |
| 2 | Old French | doit | finger |
| 3 | Latin | digitus | a finger, toe, digit; a twig |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |
Words derived from “doigt”