Where does “biocyd” come from?

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

biocyd (Polish): biocide

Definitions

  1. biocide

Ancestry of “biocyd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-cydcide
2Latin-cīda—
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin -cīda →