English
interdigitateinterdigitate
From inter- + digitate.
A compound of inter- + digitate
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Latin digitus ‘finger, toe’
Latin digitātus
English digitate
Today it means
verb To fold or lock together, as when the fingers of one hand are laced between those of the other.
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Etymograph / interdigitate
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