Where does “digital” come from?
digital (Swedish) comes from English digital, from Latin digitālis, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
digital (Swedish): digital; in digital form
Ancestry of “digital”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | digital | Having to do with digits ; performed with a... |
| 2 | Latin | digitālis | — |
| 3 | Latin | digitus | a finger, toe, digit; a twig |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |
Words derived from “digital”