Where does “plaguicida” come from?

plaguicida (Spanish) comes from Spanish plaga, from Latin plāga, from Latin plagius, from Ancient Greek πλάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

plaguicida (Spanish): pesticide

Definitions

  1. pesticide

Ancestry of “plaguicida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishplagaplague; nuisance
2Latinplāgaplague, misfortune
3Latinplagius
4Ancient Greekπλάγιοςplaced sideways, slanting, aslant
5Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ῐοςEvery word from Ancient Greek πλάγιος