Relating to or showing a tendency toward killing another human being; extremely violent toward others.
From Latin 'homo' (man/human) and 'caedere' (to kill), combined with '-al' (relating to). Literally means 'man-killing.'
English borrowed '-cide' words from Latin: 'homicide' (killing humans), 'suicide' (killing yourself), 'pesticide' (killing pests)—the root 'caedere' means kill in 50+ English words.
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