The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδάκτυλος“finger”
- English todaydactyloscopy
From Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I look at”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδάκτυλος all →
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