peollo

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin peduclus, from peduculus, variant of Latin pēdīculus, diminutive of pēdis (“louse”), from Proto-Indo-European *pezd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈoʎo/

Noun

peollo m

1. louse

Descendants

• Fala: piollu
• Galician: piollo, piolho (reintegrationist); pollo
• Portuguese: piolho