Where does “garote” come from?

garote (Tagalog) comes from Spanish garrote, from French garrot, from Old Occitan garra — leg.

garote (Tagalog): garrote

Definitions

  1. garrote

Ancestry of “garote”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishgarrotegarrote; club, cudgel
2Frenchgarrottourniquet; garrot; garrote
3Old Occitangarraleg
Every word from Old Occitan garra →Every word from French garrot →Every word from Spanish garrote →