Where does “sufoca” come from?

sufoca (Romanian) comes from French suffoquer, from Latin suffoco, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

sufoca (Romanian): to suffocate, choke

Definitions

  1. to suffocate, choke

Ancestry of “sufoca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsuffoquerto suffocate
2LatinsuffocoI choke, stifle, strangle or suffocate
3Latinsub-under, sub
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “sufoca”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Latin sub- →
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