Etymology of the English word delouse
the English word
delouseusing the English prefix
de- (a suffix which indicates the removal, separation, descent, etc)
derived from the Old French prefix
de-derived from the Late Latin prefix
de-derived from the Latin word
de (away; down)
derived from the English word
lousederived from the Proto-Germanic root
*lusderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*lus-Usage
Word found in Modern English