The story
- Latin · derived from-cīdium
- Latin · derived frommēns“mind”
- English todaymenticide
From Latin mēns (“mind”) or mentālis (“mental”) + -cide (“killing”), from Latin -cīdium, by analogy to homicide, genocide, etc. Coined during the 1950s.
Words from the same roots
Latinmēns all →
mens rea
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.