English

ichthyoacanthotoxin

From ichthyo- + acantho- + toxin.

Proto-Hellenic *ikʰtʰū́s

Ancient Greek ῐ̓χθῡ́ς ‘fish’

Ancient Greek ἄκανθος ‘thorn plant’

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

English toxin

Today it means

noun A venom produced by certain fishes.

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

Etymograph / ichthyoacanthotoxin