Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

larvicide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables: lar-vi-cide
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any pesticide that attacks the larval stage of an insect

verb

To treat with larvicide.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English larva 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 larvicide From larva + -cide.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

larvicides (plural) larvacide (alternative) larvicides (present, singular) larviciding (participle, present) larvicided (participle, past) larvicided (past)

Derived Forms

biolarvicide larvicidal nanolarvicide photolarvicide pupacide

Questions

What does larvicide mean?: Any pesticide that attacks the larval stage of an insect
Where does larvicide come from?: Etymology tree English larva 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 larvicide From larva + -cide.

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