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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΜιθριδατικόν“Mithridatic (thing)”
- English todaymithridaticon
From Ancient Greek Μιθριδατικόν (Mithridatikón, “Mithridatic (thing)”), from Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs) + -ικός (-ikós), the Greek form of the name of Mithridates VI of Pontus. Doublet of mithridate, mithridatium, and mithridatum.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.