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Where does “astingu” come from?

astingu (Aromanian) comes from Latin extinguo, from Latin stinguo, from Proto-Italic *stengʷō.

astingu (Aromanian): I extinguish, put out, quench; I turn off

Definitions

  1. I extinguish, put out, quench; I turn off

Ancestry of “astingu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinextinguoI quench, extinguish, kill
2LatinstinguoI put out, extinguish
3Proto-Italic*stengʷō—
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