Etymology

toxaemia

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Ancient Greek τοξικόν
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτοξικόν“poison, toxin”
  2. English todaytoxaemia

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón, “poison, toxin”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.