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viricide en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weys- Proto-Indo-European *wisós Proto-Italic *weizos Latin vīrusbor. Middle English virus English virus English -icide English viricide From virus + -icide.

Meanings

1. Any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses.

Forms

Relateds

virucidal

Translations (7)

pt virucida (any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses) · fr virucide (any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses) · ca viricida (any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses) · pt viricida (any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses) · pl środek wirusobójczy (any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses) · it viricide (any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses) · fi virusmyrkky (any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses)

viricide en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Italic *wiros Latin vir English -icide English viricide From Latin vir + English -icide.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The act of killing one's husband.
   • The impious Danaides, Grecian ſtories tell, / For barbarous viricide, condemn’d to hell, / Pour ſtreams in leaky tubs for evermore, / Whoſe pervious bottoms ſpout at every pore: […] 1766, [Melchior de Polignac], translated by George Canning, A Translation of Anti-Lucretius, London: […] [F]or the Author; And sold by J. Dodsley, J. Almon, […], →OCLC, page 71:

Coordinates

uxoricide

Relateds

viricidal

Synonyms

mariticide · husbandicide