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What does the root cide mean?

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 8/30/2022

The Latin root "-cide" comes from the word caedere, which means "to kill." There are many examples of it used in English words:

Homicide - killing a person

Suicide - killing oneself

Patricide - killing one's father

Matricide - killing one's mother

Fratricide - killing one's brother

Sororicide - killing one's sister

Regicide - killing a king

Infanticide - killing a baby

Genocide - killing an entire group or race of people

Pesticide - killing pests (insects, rodents, weeds, other unwanted organisms)

Herbicide - killing plants (weeds)

Insecticide - killing insects

Fungicide - killing fungus

These are just some of the more common examples. You can find many more online or in a dictionary.

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