Where does “infanticide” come from?
Infanticide comes from English infant and French -cide, ultimately from Latin in- (not) and -cida (killer), derived from Latin for (door) and Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂- (to grow).
infanticide (English): The murder of an infant; The murder of a child by...
Definitions
- The murder of an infant; The murder of a child by...
Ancestry of “infanticide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | infanticide | infanticide murder of an infant |
| 2 | Latin | infanticida | a child-murderer, an infanticide |
| 3 | Latin | īnfāns | speechless, inarticulate |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |