The story
- Latin · derived fromcaedere“to cut”
- English todaysepticidal
From septum + Latin caedere (“to cut”). Compare French septicide.
Words from the same roots
Latincaedere all →
scissor
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
septicidal
Today it means: Exhibiting or relating to a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels. Full definition →
Latin caedere