piojo
Spanish
/ˈpjo.xo/
noun
Definitions
- a louse, a cootie a kind of parasitic insect, lice
Etymology
Inherited from Latin peduclus, pēdīculus (louse) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pezd-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pezd-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pediculophobia English
- paedor Latin
- pediculus Latin
- peduclosus Latin
- peduclus Latin
- pēdiculus Latin
- pēdīculus Latin
- pidocchio Italian
- despiojar Spanish, Castilian
- piojento Spanish, Castilian
- piojoso Spanish, Castilian
- *pezd- Proto-Indo-European
- piolhento Portuguese
- piolho Portuguese
- piolhoso Portuguese
- pouil Old French
- escachapiollos Galician
- matapiollos Galician
- piollo Galician
- păduche Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- peollo Old Portuguese
- piduclju Aromanian
- pesolh Occitan
- pioyu Asturian
- pedoli Friulian
- peocio Venetian
- pieu Papiamentu
- pedoclo Dalmatian
- piodju Kabuverdianu
- pioxo Northern Puebla Nahuatl