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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Vocab: Daktylos

Bonjour Friends,


Let’s look at the words which originate from the root word “daktylos”. Daktylos is a Greek word which means “finger or toe”


Dactylogram:

A fingerprint.


Dactylography or Dactyloscopy:

The study of fingerprints for identification purposes.


Dactylonomy:

The art of counting on fingers.


Dactylology:

Finger-speech – i.e. communicating by signs made with fingers.


Dactyliomancy:

Divination (Prediction) by means of finger rings.


Dactylioglyph:

1. An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments.

2. The inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem.


Until tomorrow,


Au revoir