Where does “monkeycide” come from?

monkeycide (English) comes from English monkey, from German Moneke.

monkeycide (English): The killing of a monkey

Definitions

  1. The killing of a monkey

Ancestry of “monkeycide”, step by step

monkeycide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English monkey

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmonkeyAny member of the clade Simiiformes not also of...
2GermanMoneke—

via English cide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcide—
Every word from German Moneke →Every word from English monkey →
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