English

adactyl

From a- + -dactyl.

Formed from a + dactyl

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’

Proto-Germanic *ainaz ‘one’

Proto-West Germanic *ain ‘one’

Old English ān ‘one; a certain’

Middle English a

English a

Ancient Greek δάκτυλος ‘finger’

Latin dactylus ‘finger-like’

Today it means

adj Synonym of adactylous.

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