Where does “matapiollos” come from?

matapiollos (Galician) comes from Galician piollo, from Late Latin peduclus, from Latin peduculus, from Latin pedīculus, from Latin pēdis, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

matapiollos (Galician): thumb

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Ancestry of “matapiollos”, step by step

matapiollos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician piollo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianpiollolouse; a certain sickness that causes tongue...
2Late LatinpeduclusAlternative form of pēduculus
3LatinpeduculusAlternative form of pēdiculus; louse
4LatinpedīculusA little foot
5Latinpēdislouse
6Latinpēsa foot, in its senses as
7Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
8Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
9Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
10Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
11Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

via Galician Matar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GalicianMatarto kill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗrEvery word from Ancient Greek -τρονEvery word from Ancient Greek μέτρον