Etymology

-cidal

Today it means: Used to make adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -cide. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin caedō ← Proto-Italic *kaidō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂eyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂éydeti
  3. Proto-Italic*kaidō
  4. Latincaedō
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. English today-cidal

From -cide + -al.

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