-cide
a learned borrowing from latin meaning “killer,” “act of killing,” used in the formation of compound words:
pesticide, homicide.
-cide
combining form
indicating a person or thing that kills insecticide
indicating a killing; murder homicide
derived forms
-cidal, combining_form:in_adjective
word origin
from latin -cīda (agent), -cīdium (act), from caedere to kill
-cide
“killer,” from fr. -cide, from l. -cida “cutter, killer, slayer,” from -cidere, comb. form of caedere “to strike down, chop, beat, hew, fell, slay,” from pie -kae-id-, from base -(s)k(h)ai- “to strike” (pokorny, not in watkins; cf. skt. skhidati “beats, tears,” lith. kaisti “shave.”) for l. vowel change, see acquisition. the element also can represent “killing,” from fr. -cide, from l. -cidium “a cutting, a killing.”
-cide suff.
killer: bactericide.
act of killing: suicide.
-cide
a suffix that means “a killer of.” it is used to form the names of chemicals that kill a specified organism, such as pesticide, a chemical that kills pests.
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