English Explanatory Dictionary

-cidal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to make adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -cide.

Word forms

-cidal

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der. Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English -cidal From -cide + -al.

Derived words

-cidality
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