Etymology

magnicide

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Today it means: The assassination of a major political figure. Full definition →

Latin magnus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frommagnus“great, important”
  2. English todaymagnicide

From Latin magnus (“great, important”) + -cide.

Words from the same roots

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