Etymology

-cide

Today it means: killing Full definition →

Latin caedō ← Proto-Italic *kaidō ← Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti
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-cide · suffix1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂eyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂éydeti
  3. Proto-Italic*kaidō
  4. Latincaedō
  5. English today-cide

From Middle French -cide, from Latin -cīdium (“killing”).

-cide · suffix2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂eyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂éydeti
  3. Proto-Italic*kaidō
  4. Latincaedō
  5. English today-cide

From Middle French -cide, from Latin -cīda (“cutter, killer”), from caedō (“cut, kill”).

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