The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδάκτυλος“finger”
- Latin · derived from-dactylus
- French · derived from-dactyle
- English today-dactyl
From French -dactyle, from Latin -dactylus, ultimately from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδάκτυλος all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.