Where does “fratricida” come from?
fratricida (Italian) comes from Latin frātricīda, from Latin -cīda, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
fratricida (Italian): fratricidal; fratricide
Definitions
- fratricidal; fratricide
Ancestry of “fratricida”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | frātricīda | a brother's murderer, fratricide |
| 2 | Latin | -cīda | — |
| 3 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |