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Where does “lice” come from?

lice (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin licia, from Latin licium — loop in the texture woven, through which the...

Ancestry of “lice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinlicianominative plural of līcium; accusative plural of...
2Latinliciumloop in the texture woven, through which the...

Words derived from “lice”

  • lus
  • litse
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