The story
- Latin · derived fromtoxicum“poison”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτυρός“cheese”
- English todaytyrotoxism
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: tyro- + tox- + -ism; ultimately from Ancient Greek τυρός (turós, “cheese”) + Latin toxicum (“poison”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekτυρός all →
turophiletyremesistyromatyromancytyrosis
Latintoxicum all →
toxictoxin
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.