English Explanatory Dictionary

-cide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. killing
suffix
  1. killer

Pronunciation

/-saɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--cide.wav

Word forms

-cide -icide

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 -cīda Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin -cīdiumder. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide From Middle French -cide, from Latin -cīdium (“killing”).

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