Etymograph

English

ergotoxine

From ergot + toxin + -ine.

A compound of ergot + toxin + -ine

Old French argot

French ergot

English ergot

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

English toxin

Today it means

noun A mixture of alkaloids (ergocristine, ergocornine and ergocryptine) identified in ergot, formerly believed to be a single compound.

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