Finger

Why did Romans refer to the ring finger as a medicinal finger?

Why did Romans refer to the ring finger as a medicinal finger?

St Isidore of Seville , who died in 636, said that the ring finger was called the 'digitus medicinalis' because it was used by physicians to apply eye ointment.

  1. What is the annular finger?
  2. What Latin word was the word finger derived from?

What is the annular finger?

The ring finger, third finger, fourth finger, leech finger, or annulary is the fourth digit of the human hand, located between the middle finger and the little finger.

What Latin word was the word finger derived from?

The Latin root word digitus means "finger or toe," and English borrowed from this to mean "number."

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