ahorcar
/aoɾˈkaɾ/ · B2 · verb
to lynch, to hang
🪢 ahorcar ~ a + horca: put someone on the gallows fork (horca = gallows)
Ahorcar comes from horca, meaning gallows, which itself comes from Latin furca, a fork. Spot horca inside ahorcar and you have the meaning: to hang someone on the gallows, and by extension to strangle.