Where does “matricide” come from?
matricide (English) comes from French matricide, from Latin mātricīda, from Latin -cīda, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
matricide (English): The killing of one's mother; A person who kills...
Definitions
- The killing of one's mother; A person who kills...
Ancestry of “matricide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | matricide | — |
| 2 | Latin | mātricīda | — |
| 3 | Latin | -cīda | — |
| 4 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
Words derived from “matricide”