Where does “piollo pato” come from?
piollo pato (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...
piollo pato (Galician): crab louse
Definitions
- crab louse
Ancestry of “piollo pato”, step by step
piollo pato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician piollo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | piollo | louse; a certain sickness that causes tongue... |
| 2 | Late Latin | peduclus | Alternative form of pēduculus |
| 3 | Latin | peduculus | Alternative form of pēdiculus; louse |
| 4 | Latin | pedīculus | A little foot |
| 5 | Latin | pēdis | louse |
| 6 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Portuguese carrapato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | carrapato | tick |