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Where does “suffocatus” come from?

suffocatus (Latin) comes from Latin suffoco, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

suffocatus (Latin): choked, stifled, strangled or suffocated

Definitions

  1. choked, stifled, strangled or suffocated

Ancestry of “suffocatus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsuffocoI choke, stifle, strangle or suffocate
2Latinsub-sub-
3Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “suffocatus”

  • suffocating
  • suffocate
  • suffocatingly
  • suffocative
  • suffocator
  • suffocateth
  • suffocater
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