Where does “inextinguishable” come from?
Inextinguishable comes from English extinguishable, from Latin in- and ex, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European en, meaning to be or exist.
inextinguishable (English): Incapable of being extinguished, not...
Definitions
- Incapable of being extinguished, not...
Ancestry of “inextinguishable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | extinguishable | Able to be extinguished |
| 2 | English | extinguish | to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to... |
| 3 | French | éteindre | to turn off; to put out; to die out, fade |
| 4 | Italian | estinguere | to put out, extinguish; to pay off; to close |
| 5 | Latin | extinguere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | extinguo | I quench, extinguish, kill |
| 7 | Latin | stinguo | I put out, extinguish |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *stengʷō | to push |