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Where does “extincteur” come from?

extincteur (English) comes from French extincteur, from Latin exstinctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

extincteur (English): A small hollow conical instrument for putting out...

Definitions

  1. A small hollow conical instrument for putting out...

Ancestry of “extincteur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchextincteurfire extinguisher
2Latinexstinctorannihilator, destroyer
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →