Etymograph

English

toxic

Toxic may come from French toxique.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presenttoxiqueuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2019toxic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presenttoxiqueuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2019toxic

Earliest quotation: 2019, Hannah Beech, The Price of Recycling Old Laptops: Toxic Fumes in Thailand’: “If some types of electronic waste aren’t incinerated at…”

Linked words

through Latin toxicum ‘poison’

toxin, 1 more

Today it means

adj Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.

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

Etymograph / French toxique / toxic

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