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Where does “nonhomicide” come from?

nonhomicide (English) comes from English homicide, from Old French homicide, from Latin homicīda, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm.

nonhomicide (English): A death that is not a homicide

Definitions

  1. A death that is not a homicide

Ancestry of “nonhomicide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhomicideThe killing of one person by another, whether...
2Old Frenchhomicide—
3Latinhomicīda—
4Latinhomō—
5Old Latinhemō—
6Proto-Italichemōman
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
9Proto-Indo-European-ōm—
10Proto-Indo-European-mi—
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