Where does “suicider” come from?
suicider (French) comes from French suicide, from New 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.
suicider (French): to commit suicide, to kill oneself, suicide
Definitions
- to commit suicide, to kill oneself, suicide
Ancestry of “suicider”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | suicide | suicide; inflection of suicider:
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| 2 | New Latin | suicidium | suicide |
| 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 |