The latin root meaning for cise is to cut
To kill.
-cide can mean to kill and wrong/bad/evil
From the perfect stem of the Latin verb cado, die: cecid-Answer 2: I think it might actually come from the Latin caedo, meaning "to cut down, kill"; 'ae' to 'i' is a fairly common linguistic change in Latin roots. Though I'm pretty sure they're related...
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The root word for decision is "decidere," which comes from the Latin word "decidere" meaning "to cut off."
Matricide, the murder of ones mother, comes from the Latin word mater, for mother.
'Cid' or 'Cide'.
'Cid' or 'Cide'.
The root word for kill is "cide," which is derived from the Latin word "caedere" meaning "to strike down" or "to kill."
Suicide comes from two Latin words: sui which means "self" and cide which is a stem meaning "to kill". So the word literally means to kill oneself.
"-cide" meaning "kill"
The Prefix Cide Means - To Kill
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