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Where does “ethnocidal” come from?

ethnocidal (English) comes from English ethnocide, from French -cide, 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.

ethnocidal (English): Pertaining to, or inclined to, ethnocide

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to, or inclined to, ethnocide

Ancestry of “ethnocidal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishethnocideThe deliberate and systematic destruction of an...
2French-cide-cide
3Middle French-cide—
4Latin-cīdium—
5Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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