Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

miticide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: miti-cide
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any pesticide intended to kill mites.

Etymology

Etymology tree English mite 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 miticide From mite + -cide.

Inflected Forms

miticides (plural)

Derived Forms

miticidal

Questions

What does miticide mean?: Any pesticide intended to kill mites.
Where does miticide come from?: Etymology tree English mite 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 miticide From mite + -cide.

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