The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτοξικόν“poison, toxin”
- New Latin · derived fromtoxaemia
- English todaytoxemic
From toxemia (“organic blood poisoning”) + -ic, from New Latin toxaemia, from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón, “poison, toxin”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekτοξικόν all →
toxicintoxicate
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.