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dedo

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From Spanish and Portuguese dedo (“digit, finger”), from Old Spanish and Old Galician-Portuguese dedo, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- (“to show, to point out”). Doublet of digit.

noun dedos

historical A traditional short Spanish unit of length, usually about equal to 1.75 cm.
historical A traditional short Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 1.8 cm.

Similar: finger, digit

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"dedo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dedo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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dedo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dedo

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"dedo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dedo.

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@misc{dedo_2026,
  title = {dedo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dedo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}