Etymograph

English

pediculus

Pediculus comes from Latin pēdis ‘louse’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpēdis1‘louse’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpediculus1
  3. Englishtodaypediculus1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English pediculus

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpēdisWiktionary, English pediculus‘louse’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpediculusWiktionary, English pediculus
  3. EnglishtodaypediculusWiktionary, English pediculus

Linked words

through Latin pēdis ‘louse’

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

Today it means

noun A louse (of the family Pediculidae), especially Pediculus humanus.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “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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