Intoxication

The word intoxication, meaning the administration of a poison, came to English around 1400 from Latin intoxicare (to poison) and toxicum (poison). Greek toxikon referred to the poison put on the tips of arrows.
 
Intoxicate, meaning to make drunk, is from the 1570s. Intoxication, meaning the state of inebriation, is from the 1640s.
 
The term toxin, an organic poison produced by bacteria in an animal body, is from 1886. The medical term toxic waste is from 1888. Toxic waste referring to chemical or radioactive waste is from 1955.
 
Yum. Have another drink.
 
Reference: Online Etymological Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/
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