03-03-2008, 07:17 AM
princealbertofb Wrote:Digitus in Latin, meaning fingers... Which we have ten of, which is why anything numeric that uses the digits: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 is routinely called digital... But originally digitus meant fingers...
in French, les doigts
where you see the Latin root even though the T is silent (so is the plural S in fact) (= pronounce lay dwah).
une digitale is a fox-glove: a wild pink flower.
Maybe we should call Cadbury's fingers chocolate digits too?
digit (noun)
1 * any of the ten figures 0 to 9.
2 * (technical) a finger or toe.
[15c: from Latin digitus finger or toe.]
hahaha, albert !! you really crack me up, you know !! hehehehehehehe !!