Old French estouffler

← Old French ex (mention)

← Old French touffer (mention)

← Ancient Greek τῦφος (mention)

← Ancient Greek τύφω (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰ- (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (mention)

← Latin typhus (mention)

→ French étouffer (inherited)