mith·ri·date 
(mĭthrĭ-dāt′)
(mĭthrĭ-dāt′)n.
An antidote against poison, especially a confection formerly held to be an antidote to all poisons.
[Medieval Latin mithridātum, alteration of Late Latin mithridātīum, from Latin, neuter of Mithridātīus, of Mithridates, from Greek mithridāteios, after Mithridates VI, who is said to have acquired tolerance for poison.]
- Indo-European root: spend-
- Indo-European root: sper-
- Indo-European root: sperə-
- Indo-European root: spē-
- Indo-European root: sreu-
- Indo-European root: (s)teg-
- Indo-European root: stegh-
- Indo-European root: steig-
- Indo-European root: steigh-
- Indo-European root: stel-
- Indo-European root: (s)tenə-
- Indo-European root: ster-
- Indo-European root: ster-
- Indo-European root: ster-
- Indo-European root: streb(h)-
- Indo-European root: streig-
- Indo-European root: stā-
- Indo-European root: stāi-
- Indo-European root: s(w)e-
- Indo-European root: sweid-
- Indo-European root: s(w)eks
- Indo-European root: swel-
- Indo-European root: swen-
- Indo-European root: swep-
- Indo-European root: swer-