strangle

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστραγγαλόομαι“to be strangled”
2. Latin · derived fromstrangulō, strangulāre
3. Old French · derived fromestrangler
4. Middle English · inherited fromstranglen
5. English todaystrangle

From Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to be strangled”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός (strangós, “twisted”) and string. Displaced Middle English worien (“to strangle”) (> English worry).

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