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English word homicide comes from Latin homicidium (Homicide, manslaughter, murder.), Latin homicida (A murderer, a slayer of men.)

homicidium (Latin)

Homicide, manslaughter, murder.

homicida (Latin)

A murderer, a slayer of men.

homicide (Old French)

homicide (English)

(countable) A person who kills another.. (countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.. (uncountable) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.

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