lous
Middle English
/luːs/
noun
Definitions
- louse insect in the order Psocodea
- A person or thing worthy of contempt or ostracism.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English lūs inherited from Proto-Germanic *lūs.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*lūs
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- booklouse English
- delouse English
- head louse English
- headlouse English
- louse English
- louse-ridden English
- louseborne English
- louselike English
- louseling English
- lousewort English
- lousicide English
- lousy English
- pricklouse English
- woodlouse English
- Laus German
- *lawH- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewH-, *luHs- Proto-Indo-European
- *luHs- Proto-Indo-European
- *lūs Proto-Germanic
- lus Old English
- lūs Old English
- lús Old Norse
- laŭso Esperanto
- lūs Old High German
- *lūs Old Dutch
- *lūs Old Saxon
- *lūs Old Frisian
- laus Tok Pisin