Comment on What's good in small concentrations, but lethal in higher? What's a glaring red flag you're encroaching on a lethal concentration?

• ilex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Alle Dinge sind Gift, und nichts ist ohne Gift; allein die Dosis macht, dass ein Ding kein Gift ist.

  All things are poison, and nothing is without poison; the dosage alone makes it so a thing is not a poison.

  Paracelsus, 1538

  The word for poison in German is 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”).

  Well that’s dumb.

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  • BearGun@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “gift” means both “poison” and “married” in swedish. languages are fun :)

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    • berkeleyblue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Some people would not see a difference in those words, so why not use the same and decide on context xD

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