-cidal

See also: cidal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der.

Proto-Italic *kaidō

Latin caedō

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -cīdader.

Middle French -cidebor.

English -cide

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English -cidal

From -cide + -al.

Suffix

-cidal

1. Used to make adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -cide.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -cidal

algacidal

algaecidal

androcidal

autocidal

babesicidal

bacillicidal

bactericidal

borreliacidal

candidacidal

chlamydiacidal

chronocidal

cytocidal

egocidal

embryocidal

entomocidal

fungicidal

gametocytocidal

ichthyocidal

liberticidal

listericidal

mildewcidal

mosquitocidal

muricidal

mycoplasmacidal

nematocidal

oxyuricidal

phagocidal

phytocidal

pneumocidal

pseudomonacidal

pupicidal

salmonellacidal

sociocidal

spirochetocidal

staphylocidal

staphylococcicidal

streptococcicidal

Sunnicidal

topocidal

toxoplasmacidal

trophocidal

viricidal

zoocidal

zymocidal

• -cidality

Anagrams

• Lacid, alcid, calid, cladi