ring finger

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English ring fynger. So named from the wearing of wedding rings on this finger, originating from medieval belief that a nerve or artery ran from it to the heart.[1]

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Noun[edit]

ring finger (plural ring fingers)

  1. Finger between middle finger and little finger; the "third finger" (UK) or the "fourth finger" (US), especially of the left hand. (The ring finger is the left hand; a ring finger is either hand.)
    Synonyms: digit IV, fourth digit, fourth finger, gold-finger, leech-finger, marriage finger, medical finger, medicinable finger, medicinal finger, physic finger, physical finger, physician finger, ring-man, third finger, wedding finger
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References[edit]

  1. ^ Kensy Cooperrider (1 January 2020), “Where Do Finger Names Come From?”, in JSTOR Daily[1].

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