The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromδάκτυλος“finger”
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκαμπτός“bent”
- English todaycamptodactyly
From Ancient Greek καμπτός (kamptós, “bent”) and from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκαμπτός all →
camptodromous
Ancient Greekδάκτυλος all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.