Where does “doigt” come from?
doigt (Middle French) comes from Old French doit, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
doigt (Middle French): finger
Ancestry of “doigt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | doit | finger |
| 2 | Latin | digitus | a finger, toe, digit; a twig |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |
Words derived from “doigt”