Etymology of the English word pesticide
the English word
pesticidederived from the English word
pestderived from the Old French word
pestederived from the Latin word
pestis (plague, pestilence, curse)
using 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-Derivations in other languages
Italian
pesticidaUsage
Word found in Modern English
