Where does “peduculōsus” come from?

peduculōsus (Latin) comes from Latin peduculus, from Latin pedīculus, from Latin pēdis, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

peduculōsus (Latin): lousy; full of lice

Definitions

  1. lousy; full of lice

Ancestry of “peduculōsus”, step by step

peduculōsus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin peduculus

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

via Latin pēdīculōsus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpēdīculōsuslousy; full of lice
2Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
3Old Latin-ōssus

Words derived from “peduculōsus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗrEvery word from Ancient Greek -τρονEvery word from Ancient Greek μέτρον