Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Homicide , noun

[French, from Latin homicidium, from homicida a man slayer; homo man + caedere to cut, kill. See Homage, and compare Concise, Shed, transitive verb]

Homicide is of three kinds: justifiable, as when the killing is performed in the exercise of a right or performance of a duty; excusable, as when done, although not as duty or right, yet without culpable or criminal intent; and felonious, or involving what the law terms malice; the latter may be either manslaughter or murder. Bouvier.