The story
- Latin · derived frombotulus“sausage”
- German · borrowed fromBotulin
- English todaybotulin
Words from the same roots
Latinbotulus all →
botulinumbotulismbotuliformbotulotoxin
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
botulin
Today it means: An extremely potent nerve toxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Ingesting botulin results in the serious medical condition of botulism. Full definition →
German Botulin ← Latin botulus