Where does “jugulate” come from?
jugulate (English) comes from Latin iugulatus, from Latin iugulo, from Latin iugulum, from Latin iugum, from French joug, from Middle French joug, from Old French jug, from Latin jugum — to join, to yoke, to tie together.
jugulate (English): To cut the throat of
Ancestry of “jugulate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | iugulatus | slain, killed, having had the throat slit |
| 2 | Latin | iugulo | I slay, kill, slit the throat of |
| 3 | Latin | iugulum | collarbone; throat, hollow of the neck; a murder,... |
| 4 | Latin | iugum | yoke or collar; a team of oxen; horizontal beam... |
| 5 | French | joug | yoke; balance beam |
| 6 | Middle French | joug | — |
| 7 | Old French | jug | — |
| 8 | Latin | jugum | Alternative form of iugum; yoke, ridge; a yoke |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | jugom | yoke |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yugóm | yoke |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yewg- | to join, to yoke, to tie together |