Cimicide
/ˈsɪmɪsaɪd/noun
A substance used to kill bedbugs or other bugs of the genus Cimex.
Did you know?The first element comes from Latin cimex, the word Carl Linnaeus used in the scientific name Cimex lectularius for the common bedbug.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
cimex
“A bug, especially a bedbug”
Classical Latin
Latin
caedere
“To cut down, strike, or kill; the source of the -cide element”
19th Century
Scientific English
Cimex
“The taxonomic genus containing bedbugs and related true bugs”
19th Century
English
cimicide
“An agent or substance for killing bedbugs”
Modern English
English
cimicide
“A bedbug-killing chemical or treatment”