Where does “fratricida” come from?
fratricida (Spanish) comes from Latin frātricīda, from Latin -cīda, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
fratricida (Spanish): fratricidal; fratricide
Ancestry of “fratricida”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | frātricīda | — |
| 2 | Latin | -cīda | — |
| 3 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |