Where does “dita” come from?
dita (Italian) comes from Italian dito, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
dita (Italian): plural of dito
Ancestry of “dita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | dito | finger; toe |
| 2 | Latin | digitus | a finger, toe, digit; a twig |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |