English Explanatory Dictionary

dedo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A traditional short Spanish unit of length, usually about equal to 1.75 cm.
  2. A traditional short Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 1.8 cm.

Word forms

dedo dedos

Etymology

From Spanish and Portuguese dedo (“digit, finger”), from Old Spanish and Old Galician-Portuguese dedo, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- (“to show, to point out”). Doublet of digit.

Synonyms

finger digit
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