Etymology

microbicidal

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a microbicide Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English microbicide ← Latin caedō
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The story

  1. Englishmicrobe
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂eyd-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂éydeti
  4. Proto-Italic*kaidō
  5. Latincaedō
  6. Englishmicrobicide
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  9. English todaymicrobicidal

From microbicide + -al.

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