felicide etymology

English word felicide comes from English -cide (Killer. Killing.), Latin felis (Alternate nominative and accusative form of feles.)

Detailed word origin of felicide

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-cide English (eng) Killer. Killing.
felis Latin (lat) Alternate nominative and accusative form of feles.
felicide English (eng) The killing of a cat, catslaughter.

Words with the same origin as felicide

Descendants of -cide
amicicide computercide culturecide deicidal febricide feticide fungicide gendercide geocide gonocide herbicide infanticide insecticide larvicidal licecide lupicide mosquitocide nematicide neonaticide parenticide spermicide vaccicide vermicidal vulpicide
Descendants of felis
felicidal feliform