Where does “toxicity” come from?
Toxicity comes from French toxicité, from Latin toxicitas, from Ancient Greek toxikon meaning "poisoned" or "of arrows," derived from toxon meaning "bow."
toxicity (English): The quality or degree of being toxic
Definitions
- The quality or degree of being toxic
Ancestry of “toxicity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | toxic | Having a chemical nature that is harmful to... |
| 2 | French | toxique | toxic |
| 3 | Latin | toxicus | toxic; poisonous |
| 4 | Latin | toxicum | a poison used on the tips of arrows; any poison |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τοξικόν | poison used on the tips of arrows |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τοξικός | of or for the bow; skilled in the use of the bow;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
Words derived from “toxicity”
- cytotoxicity
- neurotoxicity
- hepatotoxicity
- nephrotoxicity
- excitotoxicity
- ototoxicity
- immunotoxicity
- phytotoxicity
- phototoxicity
- ecotoxicity
- embryotoxicity
- lipotoxicity
- autotoxicity
- nontoxicity
- myotoxicity
- hematotoxicity
- glucotoxicity
- biotoxicity
- nanotoxicity
- gonadotoxicity
- fetotoxicity
- lymphocytotoxicity
- hemotoxicity
- ichthyotoxicity