1929; see sperm + -cide "killer." Earlier was spermacide (1908) and spermaticide (1923), from French, where it is recorded by 1876.
spermatic
spermato-
spermatogenesis
spermatozoa
spermatozoon
spermicide
spessartite
spew
sphagnum
spheno-
sphenoid
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