Where does “raticida” come from?

raticida (Catalan) comes from Catalan -cida, from Latin -cīda, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

raticida (Catalan): raticidal, rodenticidal

Definitions

  1. raticidal, rodenticidal

Ancestry of “raticida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalan-cidacide denoting a person or substance that kills
2Latin-cīda—
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin -cīda →