The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδάκτυλος“finger”
- English todaydactylous
From Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) + -ous or dactyl + -ous.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδάκτυλος all →
datedactylsyndactylycamptodactyly-dactyldactylectomydactyliographydactylitisdactylo-dactylomancydactyloscopydactylygonodactyloidmacrodactylicparadactyltetradactyltridactylzygodactylous
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