Gift

Significado (Inglés)

poison; toxin; venom

veneno

toxina

tóxico

tósigo

tosigo

ponzoña

intoxicar

sustancias tóxicas

fertilizante

insecticida

medicamento

medicina

pesticida

remedio

sustancia medicinal

venenos

cizaña

toxinas

Frecuencia

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɡɪft/

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”).