Where does “parricide” come from?
parricide (Italian) comes from Italian parricida, from Latin parricīda, from Latin pār, from Proto-Indo-European perH-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
parricide (Italian): plural of parricida
Ancestry of “parricide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | parricida | parricide |
| 2 | Latin | parricīda | — |
| 3 | Latin | pār | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | perH- | to fly; fore, first; exchange |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |