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
Ancestry of “sufoca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | suffoquer | to suffocate |
| 2 | Latin | suffoco | I choke, stifle, strangle or suffocate |
| 3 | Latin | sub- | sub- |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |