Where does “-cide” come from?

-cide (English) comes from Middle French -cide, from Latin -cīdium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

-cide (English): killing; killer

Definitions

  1. killing; killer

Ancestry of “-cide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle French-cide—
2Latin-cīdium—
3Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “-cide”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →