Etymology

biotoxin

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Today it means: Any toxin produced by a living organism Full definition →

English toxin ← Latin toxicum ← Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Ancient Greekτοξῐκός (toxĭkós)
  6. Ancient Greekτοξικόν (toxikón)
  7. Latintoxicum
  8. Englishtoxin
  9. English todaybiotoxin

From bio- + toxin.

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