homicide

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈhɑːməˌsaɪd/ UK /ˈhɒmɪˌsaɪd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the killing of one person by another

Detectives were assigned to investigate the homicide.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the killing of one person... murder manslaughter killingslayingbloodshed

Word family

Derived forms homicidalhomicidally

Related forms suicide genocidepatricide

Etymology

From Latin homicidium ('manslaughter') and homicida ('murderer'), from homo ('man, human') + caedere ('to cut, kill'), via Old French homicide.

homicidium Latin homo Latin caedere Latin

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# homicide

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈhɑːməˌsaɪd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhɒmɪˌsaɪd/

## Meanings
1. the killing of one person by another

## Examples
- Detectives were assigned to investigate the homicide.

## Synonyms
- murder
- manslaughter
- killing
- slaying
- bloodshed

## Derived Forms
- homicidal
- homicidally

## Related Forms
- suicide
- genocide
- patricide

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: homicidium
- Root: homo
- Root: caedere

## Etymology
From Latin homicidium ('manslaughter') and homicida ('murderer'), from homo ('man, human') + caedere ('to cut, kill'), via Old French homicide.

## AI Etymology
homicide comes from Latin homicidium ('manslaughter') and homicida ('murderer'), from homo ('man, human') + caedere ('to cut, kill'), via Old French homicide. The path is chiefly one of transmission: the word passes through the named languages and forms, with each stage preserving part of the modern shape. In present English, the noun sense is "the killing of one person by another", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as suicide, genocide, and patricide, and in derivatives such as homicidal and homicidally. Its semantic neighborhood includes murder, manslaughter, killing, and slaying, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin homicidium, Latin homo, and Latin caedere.

## Topics
- People & Society

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