noun
Meaning 1
One who commits genocide.
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: genocidaire
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
One who commits genocide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: genocidaire
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *kh2eyd-der. Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-eh2 Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīda Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin -cīdiumder. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English genocide Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English genocider From genocide + -er. Piecewise doublet of genocidaire.
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