English
lapsus digiti
Lapsus digiti comes from English digitus ‘finger’.
- English1500–presentdigitus‘finger’
- Englishearliest quotation 1905lapsus digiti
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentdigitus‘finger’
- Englishearliest quotation 1905lapsus digiti
Earliest quotation: 1905, : Joel Asaph Allen, Mammalia of Southern Patagonia: “[…] the names can hardly be considered distinct, being…”
Every English word from English digitus
Today it means
noun A “slip of the finger”; a miskeying.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English digitus / lapsus digiti