Etymograph

English

adactyly

From a- + dactyly or a- + dactyl- + -y.

Formed from a- + dactyly

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Ancient Greek δάκτυλος ‘finger’

English dactyly

Today it means

noun Congenital absence of the digits (the fingers or toes).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / adactyly