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What is the etymology of dactyl?

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∙ 17y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

; dactyl : 1398, from Gk. dactylos "finger," of unknown origin; the metrical use (a long syllable followed by two short ones) is by analogy with the three joints of a finger.

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