Dactyl

Morpheme

Dactyl

Type

free base

Denotation

digit, finger, toe

Etymology

Latin dactylus; Ancient Greek dáktylos

Evidence

adactylism, cephalopolysyndactyly, dactyl, dactylar, dactylectomy, dactylic, dactylion, dactylist, dactylocampsis, dactylogram, dactylograph, dactylography, dactyloid, dactylomancy, dactylomegaly, dactylonomy, dactylopatagium, dactylopodite, dactylopore, dactylose, dactylospasm, dactylostyle, dactylosymphysis, dactylotome, dactylozooid, leptodactylous, pachydactylous, paradactylum, polydactyl, polydactylism, pterodactyl

Notes

<l> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable