DIGIT
What does "DIGIT" mean?
Any of the numerals from 0 to 9; also, a finger or toe.
Meanings
- Any one of the ten basic numerals, 0 through 9. Her phone number has the same digit four times in a row.
- A finger, thumb, or toe. The frostbite cost the climber two digits on his left hand. technical
Did you know?
- We have ten numerical digits for the same reason a word for 'finger' became a word for 'number': humans first counted on the ten digits of their hands.
Word origin
From Latin 'digitus', meaning finger or toe; numerals are called digits because people first counted on their fingers.
Remember it
DIGIT means both finger and number - because we learned numbers by counting on our fingers.
A little poem
Ten fingers taught the first child how to count-
and every number since still names that amount.
couplet
Wordplay
- Why does counting on your fingers always work? Because every finger is, by definition, a digit.
What it teaches
Our biggest abstractions began with the body: mathematics started at the tips of our hands.
Quick facts
What does DIGIT mean?
Any of the numerals from 0 to 9; also, a finger or toe.
Is DIGIT a valid word?
Yes — DIGIT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DIGIT?
DIGIT has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does DIGIT come from?
From Latin 'digitus', meaning finger or toe; numerals are called digits because people first counted on their fingers.
What can DIGIT teach us?
Our biggest abstractions began with the body: mathematics started at the tips of our hands.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.