English
full-throttle
From full + throttle.
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
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Proto-Germanic *fullaz ‘full’
Proto-West Germanic *full ‘full’
Old English full ‘full’
Middle English ful ‘full’
English full
Proto-Germanic *þrutǭ
Proto-West Germanic *þrotā
Old English þrote ‘throat’
Middle English throte ‘throat’
Middle English *throtel
English throttle
Today it means
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Etymograph / full-throttle