## Etymology
From digital plus the adverbial suffix -ly; digital is from Latin digitalis ('of a finger'), from digitus ('finger, toe'), the modern computing sense arising because digits (the fingers) were used for counting.

## AI Etymology
Digitally is from digital plus the adverbial suffix -ly; digital is from Latin digitalis ('of a finger'), from digitus ('finger, toe'), the modern computing sense arising because digits (the fingers) were used for counting. The ancestry passes through Latin digitalis and Latin digitus. The suffix -ly forms an adverb or adjective from the base, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as an adverb, it means "by means of digital technology; or with the fingers", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include digital, digit, digitize, and digitalize.

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- Technology & Computing
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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