Etymology

genticide

gen·ti·cide
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Today it means: The killing of a race or nation of people; the slaughter of an ethnic group; a genocide. Full definition →

Latin gēns
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  1. Latin · derived fromgēns“a race, nation, people; a clan, family”
  2. English todaygenticide

From the Latin gēns (“a race, nation, people; a clan, family”, oblique stem: gent-) + -cide (“a killing of”). The combination represents a hypothetical Latin etymon of the form *genticīdium, regularly formed from gēns + -cīdium. Compare genericide and genocide.

Words from the same roots

Latingēns all →

gauntgensgeno-tercel gentle

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