Uxoricide
/ʌkˈsɔːrɪsaɪd/noun
The killing of one’s wife by her husband.
Did you know?The suffix -cide comes from Latin caedere, “to cut or strike down,” linking uxoricide to a vast family of words describing acts of killing or cutting.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
uxor
“wife”
Classical Latin
Latin
caedere
“to cut, strike, or kill”
Late Latin
Latin
uxoricida
“a wife-killer”
17th Century
English
uxoricide
“the killing of a wife by her husband”
Modern English
English
uxoricide
“the murder of one’s wife, especially by her husband”