Where does “parricide” come from?
Parricide comes from Middle French parricide, from Latin parricida, combining the Latin root -cida meaning killer with a Proto-Indo-European origin related to striking or killing.
parricide (English): Someone who kills a relative, especially a...
Definitions
- Someone who kills a relative, especially a...
Ancestry of “parricide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | parricide | parricide killing of one's own father |
| 2 | Latin | parricidium | parricide |
| 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 |