Etymology of the English word uxoricide
the English word
uxoricideusing the Latin suffix
-cidederived from the Medieval Latin word
uxoricidiumderived from the Classical Latin word
uxor (soţie; wife)
using the Latin suffix
-cidiumderived from the Late Latin word
caedere (chop, hew, cut out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kaə-id-Date
The earliest known usage of uxoricide in English dates from the 19th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
