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Where does “intoxication” come from?

intoxication (French) comes from French intoxiquer, from Medieval Latin intoxicare, from Latin toxicō, from Latin toxicus, from Latin toxicum, from Ancient Greek τοξικόν, from Ancient Greek τοξικός, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

intoxication (French): poisoning; the act of spreading false information...

Definitions

  1. poisoning; the act of spreading false information...

Ancestry of “intoxication”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchintoxiquerto poison, to intoxicate; to spread propaganda
2Medieval Latinintoxicare—
3Latintoxicō—
4Latintoxicustoxic; poisonous
5Latintoxicuma poison used on the tips of arrows; any poison
6Ancient Greekτοξικόνinflection of τοξικός : ## neuter...
7Ancient Greekτοξικόςof or for the bow; skilled in the use of the bow;...
8Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
9Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “intoxication”

  • intoxicare
  • auto-intoxication
  • autointoxication
  • intoxicație
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