English word homicide comes from Latin homicidium (Homicide, manslaughter, murder.), Latin homicida (A murderer, a slayer of men.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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homicidium | Latin (lat) | Homicide, manslaughter, murder. |
homicida | Latin (lat) | A murderer, a slayer of men. |
homicide | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
homicide | English (en) | (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. |