Where does “digitigrad” come from?

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

digitigrad (Romanian): digitigrade

Definitions

  1. digitigrade

Ancestry of “digitigrad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdigitigradedigitigrade
2Latindigitusa finger, toe, digit; a twig
3Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →Every word from Latin digitus →Every word from French digitigrade →