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Where does “familicidal” come from?

familicidal (English) comes from English familicide, from English -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.

familicidal (English): Of or pertaining to familicide

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to familicide

Ancestry of “familicidal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfamilicideThe murder of an entire family by a family...
2English-cidekilling; killer
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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