-cide = a killing
Suicide, homicide, genocide. Whenever I feel conflicted about a decision I feel like I’m killing an option. It’s a dramatic framework, and probably why I’m not decisive.
Suicide, homicide, genocide. Whenever I feel conflicted about a decision I feel like I’m killing an option. It’s a dramatic framework, and probably why I’m not decisive.
deicide: The killing of a god
2. Analysis paralysis is no joke either.
Also in italian (and possibly other romance languages) the meaning is "short, to the point", the etymology evokes the "cutting" ("cesoie", scissors), but nothing evoking the "two birds" metaphor.
I did look it up, and the latin dictionaries give "fallen together" or "fallen into pieces", and it also seems to be used for slaughter. "With cuts" or "cut up".
Interestingly some etymologies give the original verb as concido (from cado, "fall", not "cut"). So the etymology of concisus (concise) could also be an expression of "squishing together".
An anecdote: in Italy you can often see the "scissors" hand gestures when the interlocutor wants you to get to the point. I don't know how ancient people came up with the word, but the killing metaphor seems a bit of a stretch; perhaps cutting one's tongue would be enough!