# genticide

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɛntɪsaɪd/

## Definitions
1. The killing of a race or nation of people; the slaughter of an ethnic group; a genocide.
2. The killing of a kinsman or kinswoman; the murder of a blood relative.

## Etymology
From the Latin gēns (“a race, nation, people; a clan, family”, oblique stem: gent-) + -cide (“a killing of”). The combination represents a hypothetical Latin etymon of the form *genticīdium, regularly formed from gēns + -cīdium. Compare genericide and genocide.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/genticide