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- Ancient Greek · calque ofλυκοκτόνον
- English todaywolfsbane
From wolf + -s- + bane, a calque of Ancient Greek λυκοκτόνον (lukoktónon), from λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) + κτείνω (kteínō, “to kill”). Influenced by Latin lycoctonum.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.