English

fingerspell

From finger + spell.

A compound of finger + spell

Proto-Germanic *fingraz ‘finger’

Proto-West Germanic *fingr

Old English finger

Middle English fynger ‘a finger’

Proto-Germanic *spellą ‘speech’

Proto-West Germanic *spell

Old English spell ‘news’

Middle English spell

English spell

Today it means

verb To spell using fingerspelling.

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

Etymograph / fingerspell