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Where does “homicider” come from?

homicider (English) comes from English homicide, from Old French homicide, from Latin homicīda, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm.

homicider (English): One who commits homicide

Definitions

  1. One who commits homicide

Ancestry of “homicider”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhomicideThe killing of one person by another, whether...
2Old Frenchhomicide—
3Latinhomicīda—
4Latinhomō—
5Old Latinhemō—
6Proto-Italichemōman
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
9Proto-Indo-European-ōm—
10Proto-Indo-European-mi—
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