The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromστρύχνον
- Greek · derived fromστρύχνος“sleepy nightshade”
- French · derived fromstrychnine
- English todaystrychnine
From French strychnine, from Greek στρύχνος (strýchnos, “sleepy nightshade”) (or directly from Ancient Greek στρύχνον (strúkhnon)) + -ine.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.