Etymology

estrangle

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Today it means: To strangle. Full definition →

Middle English estranglen ← Old French estrangler
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromestrangler
  2. Middle English · inherited fromestranglen
  3. English todayestrangle

From Middle English estranglen, rare and late variant of stranglen, from Old French estrangler.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchestrangler all →

strangle

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.