Root families
FoundationLatin caedere, to cut down. The stem before it names who or what is killed.
Learn the stems once — frater brother, pater father, mater mother, rex king — and they reappear across fraternal, paternal, maternal and regal.
| Word | Means |
|---|---|
| Homicide | Killing of a human being |
| Fratricide | Killing of one's brother |
| Patricide | Killing of one's father |
| Matricide | Killing of one's mother |
| Regicide | Killing of a king |
| Genocide | Killing of a whole race or people |
| Infanticide | Killing of an infant |
| Suicide | Killing of oneself |