Where does “ahorcar” come from?

ahorcar (Spanish) comes from Spanish horca, from Old Spanish forca, from Latin furca — A two-pronged fork, pitchfork; A fork-shaped...

ahorcar (Spanish): to lynch, to hang

Definitions

  1. to lynch, to hang

Ancestry of “ahorcar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhorcagallows; pitchfork
2Old Spanishforca—
3LatinfurcaA two-pronged fork, pitchfork; A fork-shaped...

Words derived from “ahorcar”

Every word from Latin furca →Every word from Old Spanish forca →Every word from Spanish horca →