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English word digit comes from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵe-, and later Latin digitus (A finger, toe, digit. A twig.)
*deyǵe- (Proto-Indo-European)
digitus (Latin)
A finger, toe, digit. A twig.
digit (English)
(anatomy) A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.. (geometry, rare, obsolete) Synonym of degree: 1⁄360 of a circle.. (historical, _, units of measure) A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger, standardized differently in various places and times, (especially) the English digit of 1⁄16 foot (about 1.9 cm).. (mathematics) [...]