attracticide etymology

English word attracticide comes from English attract, English -icide

Detailed word origin of attracticide

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
attract English (eng) To arouse interest.. To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.. To pull toward without touching.
-icide English (eng)
attracticide English (eng) A substance that both attracts and kills an organism.

Words with the same origin as attracticide

Descendants of attract
attrahent
Descendants of -icide
Christicide Islamicide adulticide amœbicide anaerobicidal anaerobicide attracticidal culturicidal culturicide elephanticide femicide geronticide humanicide lousicide muscicide pediculicide roboticide slimicide sporicide termiticide weedicide