-CIDE


Meaning of -CIDE in English

a learned borrowing from Latin meaning "killer," "act of killing," used in the formation of compound words: pesticide, homicide.

[ late ME -cida killer, -cidium act of killing, derivatives of caedere to cut down, kill (in compounds -cidere ) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .