Where does “ovicida” come from?

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

ovicida (Spanish): ovicide

Definitions

  1. ovicide

Ancestry of “ovicida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-cida-cide; -cidal
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 →
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