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Where does “suicidee” come from?

suicidee (English) comes from English suicide, from Latin suicidium, 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.

suicidee (English): One who commits suicide

Definitions

  1. One who commits suicide

Ancestry of “suicidee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsuicideIntentional killing of oneself; A particular...
2Latinsuicidiumsuicide
3Latin-cīdium—
4Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →