cid / cis
to cut, kill
Latin · caedere / caesus; -cīdere
Latin caedere 'to cut, kill', in compounds -cidere / -cisus. Cid and cis words are about cutting and killing: decide cuts off doubt, precise is cut clean, pesticide kills pests, genocide is killing a people.
Memory trick
A scissors CIS-es: CID and CIS cut things off, or kill them.
Words from this root
- decide (de + cide) — to cut off doubt, chooseफ़ैसला करना
- precise (pre + cise) — cut short, exactसटीक
- precisely (precise + ly) — exactlyठीक-ठीक
- imprecise (im + precise) — not exactअस्पष्ट, गलत-सलत
- imprecisely (imprecise + ly) — in a vague wayमोटे तौर पर
- concise (con + cise) — cut short, briefसंक्षिप्त
- excise (ex + cise) — to cut outकाटकर निकालना
- circumcise (circum + cise) — to cut aroundखतना करना
- incisor (in + cis + or) — sharp cutting front toothकृंतक दाँत, सामने का दाँत
- pesticide (pest + icide) — chemical that kills pestsकीटनाशक
- bactericide (bacteri + cide) — substance that kills bacteriaजीवाणुनाशक
- genocide (geno + cide) — killing of a whole peopleनरसंहार, जाति-संहार