Where does “xugular” come from?
xugular (Galician) comes from Latin iugulāris, from Latin iugulum, from Latin iugum, from French joug, from Middle French joug, from Old French jug, from Latin jugum, from Proto-Italic jugom — to join, to yoke, to tie together.
xugular (Galician): jugular; to slit the throat of
Definitions
- jugular; to slit the throat of
Ancestry of “xugular”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | iugulāris | jugular |
| 2 | Latin | iugulum | collarbone; throat, hollow of the neck; a murder,... |
| 3 | Latin | iugum | yoke or collar; a team of oxen; horizontal beam... |
| 4 | French | joug | yoke; balance beam |
| 5 | Middle French | joug | — |
| 6 | Old French | jug | — |
| 7 | Latin | jugum | Alternative form of iugum; yoke, ridge; a yoke |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | jugom | yoke |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yugóm | yoke |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yewg- | to join, to yoke, to tie together |