English
digital
Digital comes from Latin digitālis ‘of or belonging to the finger’, and goes back to digitus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdigitus‘finger’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdigitālis‘of or belonging to the finger’
- Englishearliest quotation 1853digital
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdigitus‘finger’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdigitālis‘of or belonging to the finger’
- Englishearliest quotation 1853digital
Earliest quotation: 1853, Yankee Notions: “[…] turning round as he reached the door, he…”
Every English word from Latin digitus
Today it means
adj Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin digitus / digital