Where does “homicide” come from?
Homicide derives from Old French homicide, from Latin homicidium, formed from Latin homo (man) and -cida (killer), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm (human being).
homicide (English): The killing of one person by another, whether...
Definitions
- The killing of one person by another, whether...
Ancestry of “homicide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | homicide | — |
| 2 | Latin | homicīda | a murderer, a manslayer, a slayer of men; a murderess |
| 3 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 4 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |