toxicate

toxicate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)
Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós)
Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der.
Latin toxicum
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Italic *-kos
Latin -cus
Latin toxicusbor.
French toxiquebor.
English toxic
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English toxicate

    From toxic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

    Verb

    toxicate (third-person singular simple present toxicates, present participle toxicating, simple past and past participle toxicated)

    1. (transitive) To metabolise a drug or other compound to produce a toxic metabolite.
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