The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐκβόλιον“abortive”
- English todayecboline
From Ancient Greek ἐκβόλιον (ekbólion, “abortive”) + -ine. ekbólion is from ἐκβάλλω (ekbállō) and refers to the compounds ability to induce abortions.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.