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toxicity

noun
/tɒkˈsɪs.ə.ti/UK/tɑkˈsɪs.ə.ti/US/tɒkˈsɪs.ə.ti/CA/tɔkˈsɪs.ə.ti/

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English toxicity From toxic + -ity.

  1. derived from -ite English -ity English toxicity From toxic + -ity
  2. derived from -itebor
  3. derived from toxic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder
  4. derived from toxiquebor
  5. derived from toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor

Definitions

  1. The quality or degree of being toxic.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for toxicity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA