finger; digit (a part of the body inclusive of fingers or toes); thimble (a small device to protect a thumb or finger during sewing); finger (the width of a finger as an approximate unit of length); dedo (a traditional Spanish unit of measurement about equal to 1.75 cm)
“El pan, el queso y la fruta con dos dedos comerás; con tres también podrás; mas con cuatro ya es cosa bruta.” — Bread, cheese and fruit with two fingers thou shalt eat; with three thou also mayest; but with four it is the stuff of brutes already.
Inherited from Old Spanish dedo, from Latin digitus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- (“to show, point out, pronounce solemnly”). Doublet of dígito, which was borrowed rather than inherited. Cognate with Catalan dit, Galician and Portuguese dedo, French doigt, Italian dito, Romanian deget.