Where does “inextinguishably” come from?
inextinguishably (English) comes from English inextinguishable, from English extinguishable, from English extinguish, from French éteindre, from Italian estinguere, from Latin extinguere, from Latin extinguo, from Latin stinguo — to push.
inextinguishably (English): In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally
Definitions
- In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally
Ancestry of “inextinguishably”, step by step
inextinguishably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inextinguishable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inextinguishable | Incapable of being extinguished, not... |
| 2 | English | extinguishable | Able to be extinguished |
| 3 | English | extinguish | to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to... |
| 4 | French | éteindre | to turn off; to put out; to die out, fade |
| 5 | Italian | estinguere | to put out, extinguish; to pay off; to close |
| 6 | Latin | extinguere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | extinguo | I quench, extinguish, kill |
| 8 | Latin | stinguo | I put out, extinguish |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *stengʷō | to push |