omecide

Old French

Alternative forms

• homicide
• omicide

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin homicīda.

Noun

omecide oblique singular, m (oblique plural omecides, nominative singular omecides, nominative plural omecide)

1. murderer; killer

Adjective

omecide m (oblique and nominative feminine singular omecide)

1. killer; that kills

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin homicīdium.

Noun

omecide oblique singular, m (oblique plural omecides, nominative singular omecides, nominative plural omecide)

1. homicide; killing

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (homicide, supplement, both senses)
• homicide on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub ("killer")
• homicide on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub ("killing")