myEtymology.com: French etymology of asphyxié

Etymology of the French word asphyxié

the French word asphyxié

derived from the French word asphyxier

derived from the French word asphyxie

derived from the Greek word asphuxia, ἀσφυξία, ἀσϕυξία

using the Greek prefix a-, ἀ- (an- not, without)

derived from the Greek word sphuxis, σϕύξις

derived from the Greek word sphuzein