-cide

See also: cide

English

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Etymology

In sense 2, from French -cide, from Latin -cīda (cutter, killer), from caedō (cut, kill). In sense 1 (now the primary sense), by extension from sense 2.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-saɪd/

Suffix

-cide

  1. killing
  2. killer

Derived terms

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