louse
Meaning
Synonyms
biting louse
bird louse
louse egg
plant louse
dirt ball
contemptible person
head-louse
Phthiraptera
common louse
human head louse
Translations
pou
piojo
Laus
pidocchio
piolho
luis
ψείρα
poll
bit
pedisFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/laʊs/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English lous, lows, lowse, from Old English lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-. See also West Frisian lûs, Dutch luis, German Low German Luus, German Laus; also Welsh llau (“lice”), Tocharian B luwo, maybe Sanskrit यूका (yūkā).
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