Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system. · A distinct symbol representing a natural number in a positional number system. · ¹⁄₁₂ the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, (chiefly) as a measure of the totality of an eclipse. · 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, now equivalent to about 1.9 cm.
To point at or point out with the finger.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-der.? Latin digitusbor. Middle English digit English digit Inherited from Middle English digit, borrowed from Latin digitus. Doublet of digitus and dedo.
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