English
filicide
Filicide comes from Latin fīlius ‘son’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁i-l-yo-s ‘sucker’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁i-l-yo-s‘sucker’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fīlios‘son’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīlius‘son’
- Englishearliest quotation 1820filicide
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁i-l-yo-s‘sucker’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fīlios‘son’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīlius‘son’
- Englishearliest quotation 1820filicide
Earliest quotation: 1820, Charles Maturin: “it began by violating nature, and ends in filicide.…”
Formed from -cide
Linked words
through Latin fīlius ‘son’
Today it means
noun The killing of one's own child.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁i-l-yo-s / filicide