Where does “piojo” come from?

piojo (Spanish) comes from Latin peduclus, from Latin peduculus, from Latin pedīculus, from Latin pēdis, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

piojo (Spanish): a louse, a cootie

Definitions

a louse, a cootie

Ancestry of “piojo”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	peduclus	Alternative form of pēduculus
2	Latin	peduculus	Alternative form of pēdiculus; louse
3	Latin	pedīculus	A little foot
4	Latin	pēdis	louse
5	Latin	pēs	a foot, in its senses as
6	Ancient Greek	μέτρον	something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
7	Ancient Greek	-τρον	Forms instrument nouns
8	Proto-Hellenic	-tron	Forms instrument nouns from verb stems
9	Proto-Indo-European	-trom	Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
10	Proto-Indo-European	-tḗr	Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “piojo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →Every word from Ancient Greek -τρον →Every word from Ancient Greek μέτρον →