added to nouns to form a term indicating the killing of the first nouns; equivalent to English -cide · added to nouns to form a term indicating dying from the first noun
köken: From Ancient Greek κτείνω (kteínō, “to kill”).
πατέρας (patéras, “father”) + -κτονία (-ktonía) → πατροκτονία (patroktonía, “patricide”)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der. Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīdader. Polish -cyd Derived from Latin -cīda.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der. Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīda Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin -cidium From -cīda (suffix denoting “killer”, “cutter”) + -ium.