Where does “extinguish” come from?
Extinguish comes from Latin extinguo, composed of the prefix ex meaning "out" and a root from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- meaning "to drive or thrust."
extinguish (English): to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to...
Definitions
- to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to...
Ancestry of “extinguish”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | éteindre | to turn off; to put out; to die out, fade |
| 2 | Italian | estinguere | to put out, extinguish; to pay off; to close |
| 3 | Latin | extinguere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | extinguo | I quench, extinguish, kill |
| 5 | Latin | stinguo | I put out, extinguish |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *stengʷō | — |
Words derived from “extinguish”