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: Probably borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*murþa-), from Proto-Germanic *murþą (for *þ > *h, compare huopa), SSA however instead opines that the word may be a back-derivation from murhe, with influence in meaning from the Germanic word. If a loan, doublet of marras.
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.
köken: From Old Danish morth, from Old Norse morð, from Proto-Germanic *murþą, *murþrą, cognate with English murder, German Mord. From Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“die”).