Etymograph

English

fingerbreadth

From finger + breadth.

A compound of finger + breadth

Proto-Germanic *fingraz ‘finger’

Proto-West Germanic *fingr

Old English finger

Middle English fynger ‘a finger’

English finger

Middle English brede

Middle English bredthe

English breadth

Today it means

noun A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger.

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

Etymograph / fingerbreadth