Where does “piojoso” come from?

piojoso (Spanish) comes from Spanish piojo, from 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...

piojoso (Spanish): lousy

Definitions

  1. lousy

Ancestry of “piojoso”, step by step

piojoso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish piojo

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

via Latin peduculōsus

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