FINGERNAIL - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
the nail at the end of a finger
Categories: Nail
Synonyms
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "fingernail" Many other languages have similar words:
- Middle English: nayl of fynger
- Old English: handnæġl
- Saterland Frisian: Fingernail
- West Frisian: fingerneil
- Dutch: vingernagel
- German: Fingernagel
- Danish: fingernegl
- Swedish: fingernagel
- Norwegian: fingernegl
- Icelandic: fingurnögl
đź”— Related Words
finger – A related word in the same word family.
nail – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
Most of English's most common words—'the', 'be', 'have'—come from Old English roots.