Etymology

arachnidism

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Today it means: The condition of being poisoned as a result of a spider's bite. Full definition →

English arachnid ← French arachnide
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The story

  1. Frencharachnide
  2. Englisharachnid
  3. English todayarachnidism

From arachnid + -ism.

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