The act or state of choking; an obstruction or blockage in a passage.
From 'choke' (Old English 'aceocan') + '-age' suffix (from Latin '-aticum'). The '-age' suffix forms nouns from verbs, indicating an action or result.
The Old English word 'aceocan' literally meant 'to choke' and was an onomatopoeia—it *sounded* like someone choking, making it a perfect example of how phonetic similarity shapes meaning in language.
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