adjective/tɔk.sik/
toxic (having a harmful chemical nature)
Related: écotoxique, génotoxique, hypotoxique, intoxication, intoxiquer, toxicité, toxico, toxicologie, toxicomane, toxicomanie
Borrowed from Latin toxicus (“poisoned”), from toxicum (“poison”), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón) [φάρμακον (phármakon)] ("poison for use on arrows"), from τοξικός (toxikós, “relating to arrows or archery”), from τόξον (tóxon, “bow”).