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Signification (Anglais)

poison, venom, toxin

Concepts

poison

venin

toxine

venim

Synonymes

vergif

venijn

gift

zwadder

vergift

toxicum

giftigheid

giftige stof

Traductions

poison

Gift

veneno

veneno

veleno

zehir

verí

δηλητήριο

peçonha

venenum

tóxico

venom

metzina

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɣɪf/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen néerlandais: gift

Hérité de Old Dutch: *gift

In summary

From Middle Dutch gift, earlier also gicht, from Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.
The word gift derives from the same source, and the words were not formally distinguished until early modern Dutch.