Where does “deel” come from?
deel (Old French) comes from Latin digitāle, from Latin digitālis, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
Ancestry of “deel”, step by step
deel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin digitāle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | digitāle | — |
| 2 | Latin | digitālis | Of or belonging to the finger |
| 3 | Latin | digitus | a finger, toe, digit; a twig |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |
via Vulgar Latin digitale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | digitale | nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of... |