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Where does “necrotoxin” come from?

necrotoxin (English) comes from English necro, from English necromancy, from Middle English nigromancye, from Old French nigromancie, from Medieval Latin nigromantia, from Latin necromantīa, from Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία, from Ancient Greek μαντεία — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

necrotoxin (English): Any toxin that causes necrosis

Definitions

  1. Any toxin that causes necrosis

Ancestry of “necrotoxin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnecroTo make a new post to a forum discussion that has...
2EnglishnecromancyDivination involving the dead or death; Loosely,...
3Middle Englishnigromancye—
4Old Frenchnigromancienigromancy
5Medieval Latinnigromantia—
6Latinnecromantīa—
7Ancient Greekνεκρομαντείαnecromancy
8Ancient Greekμαντείαprophecy, divination, oracle; The power to...
9Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
10Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
11Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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