Word Origin Summary

Estrangler is attested in French. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. στραγγαλόομαιAncient Greekderived from
2. stranguloLatinderived from

Descendants and Related Terms

• strangle

  English · derived from

• stranglen

  Middle English · borrowed from

• estrangler

  Middle French · derived from

• estrangle

  English · derived from

• étrangler

  French · inherited from

• astranglen

  Middle English · borrowed from

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