Where does “digital” come from?

digital (Romanian) comes from French digital, from Latin digitālis, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

digital (Romanian): digital

Definitions

  1. digital

Ancestry of “digital”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdigitalof or pertaining to fingers or toes; digital
2LatindigitālisOf or belonging to the finger
3Latindigitusa finger, toe, digit; a twig
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

Words derived from “digital”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →Every word from Latin digitus →Every word from Latin digitālis →