piolho

Meaning

louse (insect)

Concepts

louse

head louse

lice

biting louse

Phthiraptera

Pediculus capitis

bird louse

cootie

sucking louse

Synonyms

sem-vergonha

canalha

Phthiraptera

Pediculus humanus

Translations

pou

Laus

luis

pidocchio

piojo

poll

🐔

ψείρα

pediculus

bit

قَمْلَةٌ

aşağılık kimse

قَمْلٌ

قملة

pedis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/piˈo.ʎu/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: pēdīculus

Cognate with Galician: piollo

Cognate with Spanish: piojo

Cognate with Catalan: poll

Cognate with French: pou

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese peollo, from Late Latin peduclus < peduculus, variant of Latin pēdīculus, diminutive of pēdis (“louse”), from Proto-Indo-European *pezd-. Compare Galician piollo, Spanish piojo, Catalan poll, French pou.