Etymology

little finger

Today it means: The outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb. Full definition →

Middle English litel fynger ← Old English lȳtel finger
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromlȳtel finger
  2. Middle English · inherited fromlitel fynger
  3. English todaylittle finger

From Middle English litel fynger, from Old English lȳtel finger.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.