pedis

Concepts

louse

foot soldier

foot-soldier

Synonyms

pediculus

pēdis

pēdīculus

Translations

Laus

piojo

bit

ψείρα

pou

pidocchio

luis

piolho

قَمْلَةٌ

poll

🐔

sabandija

pesolh

pesolh

pedolh

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpeː.dɪs]

Etymology

Uncertain. Cognate to Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬎 (pazdu). According to De Vaan, the term pēdicōsus indicates the existence of an original form *pēdex. De Vaan suggests that the term pedis may derive from the remodeling of *pēdex into an i-stem term.