dactyl

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδάκτυλος“finger”
2. Latin · learned borrowing fromdactylus
3. English todaydactyl

Learned borrowing from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”), from the three bones of the finger corresponding to three syllables. Doublet of dactylus, date, and (possibly) digit.

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