termiticide etymology

English word termiticide comes from English termite, English -icide

Detailed word origin of termiticide

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
termite English (eng) (intransitive) Of a chimpanzee: to catch termites by inserting a stick or vine into their nest and waiting for them to climb up it. A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.
-icide English (eng)
termiticide English (eng) A termiticidal agent.

Words with the same origin as termiticide

Descendants of termite
termitarium termitary
Descendants of -icide
Christicide Islamicide adulticide amœbicide anaerobicidal anaerobicide attracticidal attracticide culturicidal culturicide elephanticide femicide geronticide humanicide lousicide muscicide pediculicide roboticide slimicide sporicide weedicide