Etymology

digitus

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Today it means: An Ancient Roman unit of length, approximately 0.73 inches. Full definition →

Latin digitus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromdigitus
  2. English todaydigitus

Borrowed from Latin digitus. Doublet of digit.

Words from the same roots

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