Where does “toindre” come from?

toindre (Bourguignon) comes from Old French esteindre, from Latin extinguo, from Latin stinguo, from Proto-Italic *stengʷō — to push.

toindre (Bourguignon): to dye; to tint, tinge

Definitions

  1. to dye; to tint, tinge

Ancestry of “toindre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchesteindreto extinguish; to put out; to stop; to halt
2LatinextinguoI quench, extinguish, kill
3LatinstinguoI put out, extinguish
4Proto-Italic*stengʷōto push
Every word from Proto-Italic *stengʷō →Every word from Latin stinguo →Every word from Latin extinguo →