Where does “erbicida” come from?

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

erbicida (Italian): herbicidal

Definitions

  1. herbicidal

Ancestry of “erbicida”, step by step

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