Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
To remove lice from; to delouse.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea. · A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm. · The currency sign ¤.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewH-? Proto-Germanic *lūs Proto-West Germanic *lūs Old English lūs Middle English lous English louse From Middle English lous, lows, lowse, from Old English lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-. Cognate with West Frisian lûs, Dutch luis, German Low German Luus, German Laus, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish lus, Faroese and Icelandic lús; also Welsh llau (“lice”), Tocharian B luwo, maybe Sanskrit यूका (yūkā).
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