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- Latin · derived fromhomicīda“man-slayer”
- Old French · derived fromhomicide
- English todayhomicide
From Old French homicide, from Latin homicīda (“man-slayer”) and homicīdium (“manslaughter”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
homicide
Today it means: The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional. Full definition →
Old French homicide ← Latin homicīda