Where does “infanticide” come from?
infanticide (French) comes from Latin infanticida, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
infanticide (French): infanticide murder of an infant
Definitions
- infanticide murder of an infant
Ancestry of “infanticide”, step by step
infanticide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin infanticida
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | infanticida | a child-murderer, an infanticide |
| 2 | Latin | īnfāns | speechless, inarticulate |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Latin infanticidium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | infanticidium | child-murder, infanticide |
| 2 | Latin | -cīdium | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |