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Where does “familicide” come from?

familicide (English) comes 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.

familicide (English): The murder of an entire family by a family...

Definitions

  1. The murder of an entire family by a family...

Ancestry of “familicide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-cidekilling; killer
2Middle French-cide—
3Latin-cīdium—
4Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “familicide”

  • familicidal
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