Where does “digitală” come from?

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

digitală (Romanian): common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)

Definitions

  1. common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)

Ancestry of “digitală”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →Every word from Latin digitus →Every word from Latin digitālis →