Etymograph

English

androcide

From andro- + -cide, by analogy with genocide and homicide.

Formed from andro- + -cide

Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr ‘man’

Proto-Hellenic *anḗr ‘man’

Ancient Greek ᾱ̆̓νήρ ‘man (adult male)’

English andro-

Today it means

noun The mass murder of boys or men.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / androcide