gendercide etymology

English word gendercide comes from English -cide (Killer. Killing.), English gender

Detailed word origin of gendercide

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-cide English (eng) Killer. Killing.
gender English (eng) (archaic) To engender.. (archaic, or, obsolete) To breed. (grammar). (grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common. [from 14th c.]. (grammar) Any division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech), such as masculine / feminine / neuter, or animate / [...]
gendercide English (eng) The killing of people because of their gender.

Words with the same origin as gendercide

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