English
acrodactylum
Acrodactylum comes from Latin dactylus ‘finger-like’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdactylusas dactylum‘finger-like’
- Englishtodayacrodactylum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdactylusas dactylum‘finger-like’
- Englishtodayacrodactylum
Formed from acro-
Linked words
through Latin dactylus ‘finger-like’
Today it means
noun The upper surface of a toe
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin dactylus / acrodactylum