-cide
killer; act of killing
Latin · -cida, -cidium (from caedere)
Latin -cida (killer) and -cidium (killing) come from caedere "to cut, kill". A substance that kills a pest ends in -cide: pesticide, herbicide. Killing of a kind of person or group does too: homicide, genocide.
Memory trick
CIDE sounds like "SIDE": a killer waiting on the SIDE of the field.
Words from this root
- pesticide (pest + i + cide) — chemical that kills pestsकीटनाशक
- insecticide (insect + i + cide) — chemical that kills insectsकीटनाशक
- herbicide (herb + i + cide) — chemical that kills weedsखरपतवार नाशक
- fungicide (fung + i + cide) — chemical that kills fungusफफूँदनाशक
- germicide (germ + i + cide) — substance that kills germsकीटाणुनाशक
- bactericide (bacter + i + cide) — substance that kills bacteriaजीवाणुनाशक
- genocide (geno + cide) — killing of a whole peopleनरसंहार
- homicide (homi + cide) — killing of a personहत्या
- regicide (reg + i + cide) — killing of a kingराजा की हत्या
- fratricide (fratr + i + cide) — killing of one's brotherभाई की हत्या
- ecocide (eco + cide) — destruction of environmentपर्यावरण का विनाश
- infanticide (infant + i + cide) — killing of a babyशिशु हत्या