Etymology

bufotenine

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Today it means: An alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin. Full definition →

French bufoténine ← Latin bufo
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frombufo“toad”
  2. French · derived frombufoténine
  3. English todaybufotenine

From French bufoténine, from Latin bufo (“toad”) + ten- (uncertain element) + -ine.

Words from the same roots

Latinbufo all →

bufobufogeninbufoniformbufonite

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