Etymology of the Latin word homicida
the Latin word
homicida (murderer, homicide; killer of men)
derived from the Classical Latin word
homo (man, human being, person)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhghem-using 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
French
homicide, Italian
omicida, Portuguese
homicida, Spanish
homicida
