Etymology

piscicide

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Today it means: Any substance that is poisonous to fish. Full definition →

English pisci- ← Latin piscis ← Proto-Italic *piskis
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*péysks
  2. Proto-Italic*piskis
  3. Latinpiscis
  4. Englishpisci-
  5. English todaypiscicide

From pisci- + -cide.

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