asphyxia

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀσφυξία“stopping of the pulse”
2. New Latin · learned borrowing fromasphyxia
3. English todayasphyxia

Learned borrowing from New Latin asphyxia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσφυξία (asphuxía, “stopping of the pulse”).

Words from the same roots