Etymology

indigitate

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Today it means: To proclaim, declare. Full definition →

Latin indigitō
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  1. Latinindiges
  2. Latinindigitō
  3. English todayindigitate

* From (the stem of) Latin indigitāre (“call upon (a deity), proclaim”). * Later associated with digitus (“finger”), hence the pointing sense.

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