Where does “biocida” come from?

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

biocida (Italian): biocide

Definitions

  1. biocide

Ancestry of “biocida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-cida-cide; -cidal
2Latin-cīda—
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →