Etymograph

English

protoxin

From pro- + toxin.

Formed from pro- + toxin

Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’

Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’

Proto-Italic *prō ‘in front of, before’

Latin prō ‘in favor of, on behalf of’

English pro-

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

English toxin

Today it means

noun A rudimentary toxin

Sources

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