homicida

/omiˈθida/ · B2 · adj

murderous, homicidal

🔪 homi- (human, from homo) + -cida (killer): human-killer

Spanish homicida joins Latin homo, meaning human being, with -cida, meaning killer, as in suicida or insecticida. It works as an adjective (murderous) and as a noun (murderer). The English cognate is homicide.

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