Where does “디지털시계” come from?
디지털시계 (Korean) comes from Korean 디지털, from English digital, from Latin digitālis, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
디지털시계 (Korean): digital clock
Definitions
- digital clock
Ancestry of “디지털시계”, step by step
디지털시계 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 디지털
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 디지털 | 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 |
via Korean 시계(時計)
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 시계(時計) | — |