Where does “parricidal” come from?
parricidal (English) comes from English parricide, from Middle French parricide, from Latin parricidium, from Latin -cīdium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
parricidal (English): Related to, inclined to, or guilty of, the murder...
Definitions
- Related to, inclined to, or guilty of, the murder...
Ancestry of “parricidal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parricide | Someone who kills a relative, especially a... |
| 2 | Middle French | parricide | parricide killing of one's own father |
| 3 | Latin | parricidium | parricide |
| 4 | Latin | -cīdium | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |