English
giganticide
Giganticide comes from Latin gigās ‘giant’, and goes back to Ancient Greek Γίγας.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΓίγας‘giant’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgigāsas gigāns‘giant’
- Englishearliest quotation 1863giganticide
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΓίγας‘giant’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgigāsas gigāns‘giant’
- Englishearliest quotation 1863giganticide
Earliest quotation: 1863, Theodore Winthrop: “[…] tore through the briers, and plunged through the…”
Formed from -cide
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gag-
through Latin gigās ‘giant’
Today it means
noun The killing of a giant.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Γίγας / giganticide