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
- A death that is not a homicide
Ancestry of “nonhomicide”, step by step
nonhomicide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English homicide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | homicide | The killing of one person by another, whether... |
| 2 | Old French | homicide | — |
| 3 | Latin | homicīda | a murderer, a manslayer, a slayer of men; a murderess |
| 4 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 5 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |