ENGLISH ROOT WORD: digit from Latin digitus

【digit】 is word-forming element
usually meaning "finger"

from Latin "digitus"

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[WORD ROOT]root digit
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] digit
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) digitus
[MEANING]root finger

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ENTYMOLOGY】

• 【Latin】 digitus finger or toe

[LIST OF ENGLISH WORD]

digit, digital, digitally, digitate, single-digit

Please see Word information in detail as follows;

digit [noun] from digit
【DEFINITION】 A digit is a written symbol for any of the ten numbers from 0 to 9.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 numeral below 10
【pl.】 digits
【DERIVATIVEs】 digit, digitally, digital
【Etymology】 [Latin] digitus finger or toe
【ROOTs】 digit; finger

digital [adjective] from digital < digit
【DEFINITION】 Digital systems record or transmit information in the form of thousands of very small signals.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 pertaining to numbers below ten; pertaining to fingers
【DERIVATIVEs】 digit, digitally, digital
【Etymology】 [Latin] digitus finger or toe
【ROOTs】 ⑴ digit; finger ⑵ al; adjective suffix

digitally [adverb] from digital < digit
【DEFINITION】
【DERIVATIVEs】 digit, digitally, digital
【Etymology】 [Latin] digitus finger or toe
【ROOTs】 ⑴ digit; finger ⑵ al; adjective suffix ⑶ ly; adverb suffix

digitate [adjective] from digit
【DEFINITION】
【Etymology】 [Latin] digitus finger or toe
【ROOTs】 ⑴ digit; finger ⑵ ate; adjective suffix

single-digit [adjective] from digit
【DEFINITION】
【COMPOSITION】 single + digit
【Etymology】 [Latin] digitus finger or toe
【ROOTs】 ⑴ singul; one each ⑵ digit; finger

 

Other word list containing digit; bidigitate, digitiform, digitigrade, multidigit, multidigitate

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

dicat-
dic-, dict-
dent-
dens-
decor-
demo-
deb-
dat-
damn-
cycl-

 

 

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