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dedo.

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

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A traditional short Spanish unit of length, usually about equal to 1.75 cm.

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

    historical
Where this word comes from

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.

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