Where does “digitális” come from?

digitális (Hungarian) comes from English digital, from Latin digitālis, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

digitális (Hungarian): digital

Definitions

  1. digital

Ancestry of “digitális”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdigitalHaving to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger
2LatindigitālisOf or belonging to the finger
3Latindigitusa finger, toe, digit; a twig
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out
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