Where does “extingir” come from?

extingir (Catalan) comes from Latin exstinguo, from Latin stinguo, from Proto-Italic *stengʷō — to push.

extingir (Catalan): to extinguish

Definitions

  1. to extinguish

Ancestry of “extingir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinexstinguoI quench, extinguish, put out; I kill, destroy
2LatinstinguoI put out, extinguish
3Proto-Italic*stengʷōto push
Every word from Proto-Italic *stengʷō →Every word from Latin stinguo →Every word from Latin exstinguo →