Etymology

myristicin

M3Y4R1I1S1T1I1C3I1N1

Today it means: 3-methoxy-4,5-methylenedioxyallylbenzene, a natural organic compound found in the essential oil of nutmeg and to a lesser extent in other spices; it can be used as an insecticide and acaricide and has hallucinogenic properties at high doses Full definition →

English myristic ← Italian miristico ← Late Latin myristicus
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekμύρον (múron)
  2. Ancient Greekμυρίζω (murízō)
  3. Medieval Greekμυριστικός (muristikós)
  4. Late Latinmyristicus
  5. Italianmiristico
  6. Englishmyristic
  7. English todaymyristicin

From myristic + -in.

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