strangle
English
/ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)l/, /ˈstɹæŋɡəl/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
- (transitive) To stifle or suppress.
- (intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
- (intransitive) To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
Etymology
Derived from Old French estrangler derived from Latin strangulo, strangulō, strangulāre derived from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangle).
Origin
Ancient Greek
στραγγαλόομαι
Gloss
strangle
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- estrangle English
- hold English
- strangleable English
- stranglehold English
- strangler English
- stranglest English
- strangleth English
- strangleweed English
- unstrangle English
- weed English
- strangulo Latin
- strangulo, strangulō, strangulāre Latin
- stranguler French
- étrangler French
- στραγγαλόομαι Ancient Greek
- στραγγᾰ́λη Ancient Greek
- estranglement Old French
- estrangler Old French