Etymology of the English word acaricide
the English word
acaricidederived from the English word
acarusderived from the New Latin word
acarus (mite)
derived from the Greek word
akari, ἀκαρί, ἄκαρι
derived from the New Latin word
Acarususing the English suffix
-cidederived from the French suffix
-cidederived from the Late Latin suffix
-cidaderived from the Late Latin word
caedere (chop, hew, cut out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kaə-id-Usage
Word found in Modern English