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Where does “pulgar” come from?

pulgar (Old Spanish) comes from Latin pollicaris, from Latin pollex — thumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...

Ancestry of “pulgar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpollicarisof a thumb
2Latinpollexthumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...

Words derived from “pulgar”

  • pulgar
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