Where does “digitifer” come from?
digitifer (Latin) comes from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
digitifer (Latin): bearing fingers
Definitions
- bearing fingers
Ancestry of “digitifer”, step by step
digitifer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin digitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | digitus | a finger, toe, digit; a twig |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |
via Latin fer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | fer | first-person singular present active subjunctive... |