Where does “piolhoso” come from?

piolhoso (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese piolho, from Old Portuguese peollo, from Late Latin peduclus, from Latin peduculus, from Latin pedīculus, from Latin pēdis, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

piolhoso (Portuguese): lousy infested with lice

Definitions

  1. lousy infested with lice

Ancestry of “piolhoso”, step by step

piolhoso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese piolho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepiolholouse
2Old Portuguesepeollolouse
3Late LatinpeduclusAlternative form of pēduculus
4LatinpeduculusAlternative form of pēdiculus; louse
5LatinpedīculusA little foot
6Latinpēdislouse
7Latinpēsa foot, in its senses as
8Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
9Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
10Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
11Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
12Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

via Vulgar Latin peduclosus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinpeduclosus
2Latinpeduculōsuslousy; full of lice
3Latinpēdīculōsuslousy; full of lice
4Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
5Old Latin-ōssus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗrEvery word from Ancient Greek -τρονEvery word from Ancient Greek μέτρον