Suffocate
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late 15th century (earlier (late Middle English) as suffocation ): from Latin suffocat- ‘stifled’, from the verb suffocare, from sub- ‘below’ + fauces ‘throat’.
wiktionary
From Latin suffocatus, past participle of suffocare(“to choke, stifle”), from sub(“under”) + faux(“the upper part of the throat, the pharynx”).
etymonline
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.
