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a learned borrowing from Latin meaning “killer,” “act of killing,” used in the formation of compound words: pesticide, homicide.
Origin:
late ME < L -cīda killer, -cīdium act of killing, derivatives of caedere to cut down, kill (in compounds -cīdere)
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-cide  
suff.  

  1. Killer: bactericide.

  2. Act of killing: ecocide.


[Middle English, from Old French (from Latin -cīda, killer) and from Latin -cīdium, killing, both from caedere, to strike, kill; see kaə-id- in Indo-European roots.]
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Medical Dictionary

-cide suff.

  1. Killer: bactericide.

  2. Act of killing: suicide.

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