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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

strangle XIII. Aphetic — OF. estrangler (mod. étrangler) — L. strangulāre — Gr. straggalān, rel. to straggálē halter.
So strangulation XVI. -L.

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