Where does “parricidally” come from?
parricidally (English) comes from English parricidal, from English parricide, from Middle French parricide, from Latin parricidium, from Latin -cīdium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
parricidally (English): In a parricidal manner
Definitions
- In a parricidal manner
Ancestry of “parricidally”, step by step
parricidally traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English parricidal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parricidal | Related to, inclined to, or guilty of, the murder... |
| 2 | English | parricide | Someone who kills a relative, especially a... |
| 3 | Middle French | parricide | parricide killing of one's own father |
| 4 | Latin | parricidium | parricide |
| 5 | Latin | -cīdium | — |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |