Where does “homicide” come from?

homicide (French) comes from Latin homicīdium, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

homicide (French): homicide; killer; killer; that kills

Definitions

  1. homicide; killer; killer; that kills

Ancestry of “homicide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhomicīdiumhomicide, manslaughter, murder
2Latinhomōhuman, person, man
3Old Latinhemō—
4Proto-Italichemōman
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
7Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
8Proto-Indo-European-mi—

Words derived from “homicide”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →
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