Where does “murdercide” come from?
murdercide (English) comes from English murder, from Middle English murder, from Middle English murthre, from Old English morþor, from Proto-Germanic murþrą, from Proto-Indo-European mrtro-, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.
murdercide (English): A murder-suicide
Definitions
- A murder-suicide
Ancestry of “murdercide”, step by step
murdercide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English murder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | murder | The crime of deliberately killing another person... |
| 2 | Middle English | murder | — |
| 3 | Middle English | murthre | murder |
| 4 | Old English | morþor | murder; great sin or crime, enormity |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | murþrą | murder |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mrtro- | murder, death; killing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |
via English suicide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suicide | Intentional killing of oneself; A particular... |
| 2 | Latin | suicidium | suicide |
| 3 | Latin | -cīdium | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |