Where does “-cīda” come from?

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

Ancestry of “-cīda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
2Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
3Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “-cīda”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Proto-Italic -ā →
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