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Where does “-cida” come from?

-cida (Italian) comes from Latin -cīda, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

-cida (Italian): -cide; -cidal

Definitions

  1. -cide; -cidal

Ancestry of “-cida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-cīda—
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-ā—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “-cida”

  • fungicida
  • elminticida
  • liberticida
  • biocida
  • zanzaricida
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →