English

antitoxin

From anti- + toxin.

A compound of anti- + toxin

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Latin toxicum ‘a poison used on the tips of arrows’

English toxin

Today it means

noun A medicine able to neutralize a toxin.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / antitoxin