suffocate的词源

英文词源

suffocate: suffocate: [16] To suffocate someone is etymologically to press down their ‘throat’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin suffocāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘under, down’ and faucēs ‘throat’ (source of the English technical term faucal ‘of the throat’ [19]). The origins of faucēs are not known.
=> faucal
suffocate (v.): early 15c. (transitive), "deprive of air, choke, kill by preventing access of air to the lungs," also figurative, "stifle, smother, extinguish," from Latin suffocatus, past participle of suffocare "to choke" (see suffocation). Intransitive use, "become choked, stifled, or smothered," is from 1702. Related: Suffocated; suffocating.

来源于拉丁语中由前缀sub-(下)和fauces(咽喉,--英语faucal的词源)组成的复合动词suffocare的过去分词。

词根词缀： suf-下 + foc咽喉 + -ate动词词尾

同源词：faucal

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：suffocate 词源，suffocate 含义。

来自拉丁语 suffocare,窒息，扼住咽喉，来自 suf-,在下，fauces,喉咙，词源同 faucet,水龙头。