Where does “licecide” come from?

licecide (English) comes from English lice, from Middle English lys, from Old English lȳs.

licecide (English): A lousicide: a substance that kills lice

Definitions

  1. A lousicide: a substance that kills lice

Ancestry of “licecide”, step by step

licecide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English lice

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishliceplural of louse
2Middle Englishlysplural of lous
3Old Englishlȳs—

via English cide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcide—
Every word from Old English lȳs →Every word from Middle English lys →Every word from English lice →