Etymograph

English

culturcidal

Culturcidal comes from Latin caedō ‘to cut, hew, fell’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂eyd-1‘to cut, hew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂éydeti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaidō1‘to cut, hew, fell’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaedō1‘to cut, hew, fell’
  5. English1500–presentculturcide1
  6. Englishtodayculturcidal1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English culturcidal

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂eyd-Wiktionary, English culturcidal‘to cut, hew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂éydetiWiktionary, English culturcidalreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaidōWiktionary, English culturcidal‘to cut, hew, fell’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaedōWiktionary, English culturcidal‘to cut, hew, fell’
  5. English1500–presentculturcideWiktionary, English culturcidal
  6. EnglishtodayculturcidalWiktionary, English culturcidal

A compound of culturcide + -al

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti

Proto-Italic *kaidō ‘to cut, hew, fell’

Latin caedō ‘to cut, hew, fell’

English culturcide

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’

hit, 25 more

through Proto-Italic *kaidō ‘to cut, hew, fell’

scissors, 23 more

through Latin caedō ‘to cut, hew, fell’

decision, precise, cement, concise, incision, chisel, circumcision, scissor, incisive, excision, caesium, incisor, 24 more

Today it means

adj —

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “culturcidal”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- / culturcidal

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