Féminin

petecchia

Signification (Anglais)

petechia

Concepts

Coupé comme
pe‧téc‧chia
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/peˈtek.kja/
Étymologie (Anglais)

Probably from Latin petīgō ("scab, eruption"), a popular form of impetīgo (perhaps through a Vulgar Latin root *peticla < *(im)peticula, or alternatively, from a Vulgar Latin *pestic(u)la, from pestis. Less likely from Ancient Greek πιττάκια (pittákia), plural of πιττάκιον (pittákion).

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