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Where does “suicidio” come from?

suicidio (Italian) comes from New Latin suicidium, from Latin -cīdium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

suicidio (Italian): suicide

Definitions

  1. suicide

Ancestry of “suicidio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinsuicidiumsuicide
2Latin-cīdium—
3Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “suicidio”

  • suicidarsi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →