Etymology

syndactyly

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Today it means: The normal condition, in some animals and birds, of having fused digits. Full definition →

Ancient Greek δάκτυλος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδάκτυλος“finger”
  2. English todaysyndactyly

From syn- + Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) + -y.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekδάκτυλος all →

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