English

Noun

pedicellus ‎(uncountable)

1. The base of the antenna of some insects

Latin

Etymology 1

Post-classical or Vulgar Latin; also used in New Latin (scientific Latin). From pēdīculus ‎(“small foot”), diminutive of pes.

Noun

pedicellus

1. little foot

Descendants

• English: pedicel
• French: pédicelle
• Italian: pedicello
• Portuguese: pedicelo
• Spanish: pedicelo

Etymology 2

Late Latin. From pēdīculus ‎(“louse”), diminutive of pedis.

Noun

pedicellus

1. a little louse

Descendants

• Italian: pedicello
• Romanian: păducel

References

• pedicellus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pedicellus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.