"microbicide" meaning in English

See microbicide in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: microbicides [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English microbe Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English microbicide From microbe + -cide. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|microbe|-cide<id:killer>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English microbe Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English microbicide [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to cut", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*kh₂éydeti", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kh₂eyd-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kaidō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "caedō", "gloss" : "to cut, hew, kill", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "nominal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ā", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-a", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "suffix forming masculine agent nouns" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-cīda", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-cide", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-cide", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "microbicide", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="microbicide"> From microbe + -cide. Head templates: {{en-noun}} microbicide (plural microbicides)
  1. Any substance that is harmful to and kills microorganisms. Derived forms: antimicrobicide, microbicidal, nanomicrobicide Related terms: microbe Translations (substance that is harmful to microorganisms): microbicida [feminine] (Catalan), mikrobicid [masculine] (Czech), microbicide (French), microbicida [masculine] (Italian), microbicida [feminine] (Spanish)

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