Etymograph

English

botulism

Botulism comes from Latin botulus ‘sausage’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbotulus‘sausage’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentBotulismus
  3. Englishtodaybotulism

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbotulus‘sausage’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentBotulismus
  3. Englishtodaybotulism

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- ‘swelling’

quid, bequest, bitumen, bequeath, cud, quoth, 14 more

through Latin botulus ‘sausage’

pudding, bowel, 6 more

Today it means

noun Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.

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

Etymograph / Latin botulus / botulism

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