Latin
pūlex
‘flea’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin pūlex.
5 English words in this record descend from Latin pūlex, most familiar first.
- flea ← fle ← flēah ← *flauh ← *flauhaz
- puce ← flea-colored
- pulicine
- pulicous ← pulicosus
- pulicicide
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Etymograph / Latin pūlex