Where does “unextinct” come from?

unextinct (English) comes from English extinct, from Latin extīnctus, from Latin extinguo, from Latin stinguo, from Proto-Italic *stengʷō — to push.

unextinct (English): Not extinct; still living

Definitions

  1. Not extinct; still living

Ancestry of “unextinct”, step by step

unextinct traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English extinct

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishextinctExtinguished, no longer alight; No longer used;...
2Latinextīnctusquenched, extinguished
3LatinextinguoI quench, extinguish, kill
4LatinstinguoI put out, extinguish
5Proto-Italic*stengʷōto push

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Italic *stengʷō →Every word from Latin stinguo →Every word from Latin extinguo →