fratricide

(fra′trə sīd′)

noun

1. the act of killing one's own brother or sister
2. the act of killing relatives or fellow-countrymen, as in a civil war
Origin: ME < OFr < L fratricida
a person who kills his or her own brother or sister

Origin: Fr < LL(Ec) fratricidium < L fratricida, one who kills a brother < frater, brother + caedere, to kill (see -cide)

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noun

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin frātricīdium

Origin: and frātricīda

Origin: : frāter, frātr-, brother; see bhrāter- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + -cīdium

Origin: and -cīda, -cide

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