Etymology

saturnism

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Today it means: lead poisoning Full definition →

Middle English saturne
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromsaturne
  2. Middle English · inherited fromsaturne
  3. English todaysaturnism

Inherited from Middle English saturne (“lead”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.