fratricide

/fˈɹætɹəˌsaɪd/FRA-truh-syd

Meaningkilling a brother

Common meaning: killing one's brother

frata brotherLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 777 · scan
cidcut; fell, killLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 261 · scan

‘a brother’ + ‘cut’ → fratricide

Journey through time

Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.

frat — Latin frāter “a brother” (dictionary form; path not traced)
cid — Latin caedō, cecīdī, caesum “cut; fell, kill” (dictionary form; path not traced)

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin frāter ‘a brother’ + Latin caedō ‘cut; fell, kill’.

Did you know (Latin caedere, to…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry caedō, p. 261 · dictionary scan

Did you know (Latin frater, brother,…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry frāter, p. 777 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry FRIAR, p. 220 · dictionary scan

Roots

caedō, cecīdī, caesum Latin “cut; fell, kill”
frāter Latin “a brother”

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