English
pedicular
Pedicular comes from Latin pediculus ‘louse’, and goes back to pēdis.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpēdis‘louse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpediculus‘louse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedicularis
- Englishearliest quotation 1660pedicular
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpēdis‘louse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpediculus‘louse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedicularis
- Englishearliest quotation 1660pedicular
Earliest quotation: 1660, James Howell, Thērologia: “And as for my Body, this shape which I…”
Equivalent to pedicle + -ar
Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’
Proto-Italic *pets ‘foot’
Latin pēs ‘foot’
Latin pedīculus ‘little foot’
English pedicle
Linked words
through Latin pēdis ‘louse’
dispatch, peach, expedition, expedite, pedantry, pedant, 14 more
Today it means
adj Of or relating to lice.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin pēdis / pedicular