dactylonomy
Apr. 12th, 2016 09:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodworddactylonomy - n., the art of counting on one's fingers.
With the strong connotation of using a system that allows one to count past 10, whether it be by counting in binary or using the knuckles instead of the whole finger, or whatever. Several ancient methods are described from throughout the Near East and Asia, and the Egyptians are shown finger counting in paintings dating more than 4000 years ago. From Greek, from daktylos, finger + nomos, law/custom/rule.
---L.
With the strong connotation of using a system that allows one to count past 10, whether it be by counting in binary or using the knuckles instead of the whole finger, or whatever. Several ancient methods are described from throughout the Near East and Asia, and the Egyptians are shown finger counting in paintings dating more than 4000 years ago. From Greek, from daktylos, finger + nomos, law/custom/rule.
---L.
