Where does “digitans” come from?
digitans (Latin) comes from Latin digito, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
digitans (Latin): pointing
Ancestry of “digitans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | digito | I point; dative singular of digitus; ablative... |
| 2 | Latin | digitus | a finger, toe, digit; a twig |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |