Where does “tyrannicidal” come from?
tyrannicidal (English) comes from English tyrannicide, from French tyrannicide, from Middle French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicida, from Latin -cīda, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
tyrannicidal (English): Of or pertaining to tyrannicide, or the murder of...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to tyrannicide, or the murder of...
Ancestry of “tyrannicidal”, step by step
tyrannicidal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tyrannicide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tyrannicide | The killing of a tyrant; Someone who kills a... |
| 2 | French | tyrannicide | tyrannicide; a person who performs tyrannicide |
| 3 | Middle French | tyrannicide | — |
| 4 | Latin | tyrannicida | one who kills a tyrant, an assassin |
| 5 | Latin | -cīda | — |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |