Etymograph

English

mangotoxin

From mango + toxin, so called because the Pseudomonas syringae causes apical necrosis in mango trees.

A compound of mango + toxin

Malayalam കായ ‘nut, seed’

Malayalam മാങ്ങ

Portuguese manga ‘mango (fruit)’

English mango

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

English toxin

The story

From mango + toxin, so called because the Pseudomonas syringae causes apical necrosis in mango trees.

Today it means

noun An antimetabolite toxin produced by Pseudomonas syringae bacteria.

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

Etymograph / mangotoxin