Where does “strychnine” come from?

strychnine (French) comes from Latin strychnos, from Ancient Greek στρύχνος.

strychnine (French): strychnine

Definitions

  1. strychnine

Ancestry of “strychnine”, step by step

strychnine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin strychnos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinstrychnosA kind of nightshade
2Ancient Greekστρύχνος—

via Greek στρύχνος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekστρύχνοςnightshade
2Ancient Greekστρύχνονname of various nightshades

Words derived from “strychnine”

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