parasiticide

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Hellenic *pərai

Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)

Ancient Greek σῖτος (sîtos)

Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos)der.

Latin parasītusder.

Middle French parasite

English parasite

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti

Proto-Italic *kaidō

Latin caedō

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -cīdader.

Middle French -cidebor.

English -cide

English parasiticide

From parasite + -cide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpæɹəˈsɪtɪsaɪd/

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Noun

parasiticide (plural parasiticides)

1. Any substance used to kill parasites.
   • 2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Dung beetles dived into delicious organic cowpats left by longhorn cattle that hadn’t been fed wormers and parasiticides

Translations

substance used to kill parasites

• Finnish: loismyrkky
• French: parasiticide (fr) m or f
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: sníkladeyðir m
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: środek pasożytobójczy m
• Portuguese: parasiticida m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: паразитици́д m (paraziticíd)
• Spanish: parasiticida (es) m or f