Etymology

genocidaire

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Today it means: One who was involved in committing (perpetrating) the Rwandan Genocide. Full definition →

French génocidaire ← English genocide ← Latin caedō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  4. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂eyd-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂éydeti
  7. Proto-Italic*kaidō
  8. Latincaedō
  9. Englishgenocide
  10. Frenchgénocide
  11. Frenchgénocidaire
  12. English todaygenocidaire

Borrowed from French génocidaire. Piecewise doublet of genocider.

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