Gift

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

poison; toxin; venom

Έννοιες

δηλητήριο

φαρμάκι

τοξίνη

φόλα

ιός

ðili’tirio

dilitírio

Συχνότητα

B1
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ɡɪft/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From Middle High German gift f (“gift, present”), Old High German gift f (“gift”), from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz, which is a derivation of *gebaną (“to give”). Cognate with English gift. The word has been used as a euphemism for "poison" since Old High German, a semantic loan from Late Latin dosis (“dose”), from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “gift; dose of medicine”). The original meaning "gift" has disappeared in contemporary Standard German, but remains in some compounds (see Mitgift). Compare also Dutch gift (“gift”) alongside gif (“poison”).

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