English

genotoxin

From geno- + toxin.

A compound of geno- + toxin

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to beget’

Ancient Greek γέννα ‘descent, lineage’

Ancient Greek γεννάω ‘to produce’

Ancient Greek γένος ‘race, kind’

English geno-

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

English toxin

Today it means

noun Any substance capable of causing damage to cellular DNA and thus producing mutations or cancer.

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Etymograph / genotoxin