The word "date" comes from the Greek word "
daktylos," meaning finger.
Die funf Millimeter Ringdicke, wie sie den meisten Abmessungen der untersuchten Gusskanale im Giesserfundspektrum und den Ringen aus Staldzene abzulesen ist, entsprachen einem Viertel des altgriechischen
Daktylos (19,3 mm).
(1,2) The word ectrodactyly was coined from two Greek words-ektroma (abortion), and
daktylos (finger).2 It is a rare congenital anomaly in Nigeria though the true prevalence is unknown.
Although most European languages derive the name of dates from the Greek
daktylos, Hilda Simon in her excellent book, The Desert Palm, Bread of the Desert, suggests that the name could have come from the Arabic daglan (seedling).