"suicide" in seven languages
Meaningsuicide
Spanish
suicidio
/swiˈθidjo/
masc.learned
French
suicide
/sɥisid/
masc.learned
Italian
suicidio
/suiˈtʃidjo/
masc.learned
Portuguese
suicídio
/swiˈsidʒiu/
masc.learned
Romanian
sinucidere
/sinuˈtʃidere/
fem.other source · Romanian calque: sine 'oneself' + ucide 'to kill' (Latin OCCĪDERE)
The learned suicid exists too, but sinucidere is the everyday word.
Catalan
suïcidi
/suiˈsidi/
masc.learned
English
suicide
/ˈsuəˌsaɪd/
from Latin/French · Modern Latin suicidium
English → ItaliansuicidesuicidioCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
*SUĪCĪDIUM (modern coinage)‘killing of oneself’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Not a Classical word: it was coined in modern times from SUĪ 'of oneself' and -CĪDIUM 'killing', on the model of homicide.
English relatives: homicide, genocide, pesticide
Learn it
In a sentence
- esLa prevención del suicidio salva vidas.
- frLa prévention du suicide sauve des vies.
- itLa prevenzione del suicidio salva vite.
- ptA prevenção do suicídio salva vidas.
- roPrevenirea sinuciderii salvează vieți.
- caLa prevenció del suïcidi salva vides.
- enSuicide prevention saves lives.
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