Where does “strychnine” come from?

Strychnine comes from French strychnine, with the -ine suffix from Old French -ine, Latin -inus, and Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, a suffix forming adjectives.

strychnine (English): A very toxic, colourless crystalline alkaloid,...

Definitions

  1. A very toxic, colourless crystalline alkaloid,...

Ancestry of “strychnine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchstrychninestrychnine
2LatinstrychnosA kind of nightshade
3Ancient Greekστρύχνος—

Words derived from “strychnine”

Every word from Ancient Greek στρύχνος →Every word from Latin strychnos →Every word from French strychnine →