Etymology

mithridatium

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Today it means: Synonym of mithridate. Full definition →

Late Latin mithridatium ← Latin Mithridātīus ← Ancient Greek Μιθριδάτης
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΜιθριδάτης
  2. Latin · derived fromMithridātīus“of or related to Mithridates”
  3. Late Latin · borrowed frommithridatium
  4. English todaymithridatium

From Late Latin mithridatium, from Latin Mithridātīus (“of or related to Mithridates”), from Mithridātēs + -ius, from Ancient Greek Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs), the Greek form of the name of Mithridates VI of Pontus. Doublet of mithridate, mithridatum, and mithridaticon.

Words from the same roots

LatinMithridātīus all →

mithridatemithridatum

Ancient GreekΜιθριδάτης all →

mithridatesmithridatemithridatum

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.