FINGER - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Verb
feel or handle with the fingers
Example: finger the binding of the book
Categories: Touch
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Noun
the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
Categories: Linear unit, Linear measure
Meaning 3
Part of speech: Verb
search for on the computer
Example: I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons
Categories: Search, Seek, Look for
Meaning 4
Part of speech: Verb
indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments
Categories: Indicate, Point, Designate, Show
Synonyms
Feel, Digit, Fingerbreadth, Finger, Thumb
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "finger" comes from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷrós. It started in Proto-Germanic *fingraz. Then it appeared in Proto-West Germanic *fingr. Later, people used it in Old English finger. After that, it was Middle English fynger. Many other languages have similar words:.
- West Frisian: finger
- German: Finger
- Dutch: vinger
- Danish: finger
- Old Irish: cóicer
- Old Armenian: հինգերորդ
🧩 Fun Fact
A word passing through this many languages survived because it named something universally important.