-cidal

-cidal

See also: cidal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der.
Proto-Italic *kaidō
Latin caedō
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Italic *-ā
Latin -a
Latin -cīdader.
Middle French -cidebor.
English -cide
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English -cidal

    From -cide + -al.

    Suffix

    -cidal

    1. Used to make adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -cide.

    Derived terms

    English terms suffixed with -cidal
    algacidal
    algaecidal
    androcidal
    autocidal
    babesicidal
    bacillicidal
    bactericidal
    borreliacidal
    candidacidal
    chlamydiacidal
    chronocidal
    cytocidal
    egocidal
    embryocidal
    entomocidal
    fungicidal
    gametocytocidal
    ichthyocidal
    liberticidal
    listericidal
    mildewcidal
    mosquitocidal
    muricidal
    mycoplasmacidal
    nematocidal
    oxyuricidal
    phagocidal
    phytocidal
    pneumocidal
    pseudomonacidal
    pupicidal
    salmonellacidal
    sociocidal
    spirochetocidal
    staphylocidal
    staphylococcicidal
    streptococcicidal
    Sunnicidal
    topocidal
    toxoplasmacidal
    trophocidal
    viricidal
    zoocidal
    zymocidal
    • -cidality

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