Etymograph

English

pedicular

Pedicular comes from Latin pediculus ‘louse’, and goes back to pēdis.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpēdis1‘louse’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpediculus2‘louse’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedicularis2
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1660pedicular2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin pediculus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English pedicular
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1660, James Howell, Thērologia: “And as for my Body, this shape which I…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpēdisWiktionary, Latin pediculus‘louse’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpediculusWiktionary, English pedicular‘louse’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedicularisWiktionary, English pedicular
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1660pedicularWiktionary, English pedicular. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1660, James Howell, Thērologia: “And as for my Body, this shape which I…”

Equivalent to pedicle + -ar

Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’

Proto-Italic *pets ‘foot’

Latin pēs ‘foot’

Latin pedīculus ‘little foot’

English pedicle

Linked words

through Latin pēdis ‘louse’

dispatch, peach, expedition, expedite, pedantry, pedant, 13 more

Today it means

adj Of or relating to lice.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pedicular”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin pediculus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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