Where does “pulgar” come from?

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

pulgar (Spanish): thumb, big toe

Definitions

  1. thumb, big toe

Ancestry of “pulgar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishpulgar—
2Latinpollicarisof a thumb
3Latinpollexthumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...

Words derived from “pulgar”

Every word from Latin pollex →Every word from Latin pollicaris →Every word from Old Spanish pulgar →