Where does “unextinguishable” come from?
unextinguishable (English) comes from English extinguishable, from English extinguish, from French éteindre, from Italian estinguere, from Latin extinguere, from Latin extinguo, from Latin stinguo, from Proto-Italic *stengʷō — to push.
unextinguishable (English): Obsolete form of inextinguishable
Definitions
- Obsolete form of inextinguishable
Ancestry of “unextinguishable”, step by step
unextinguishable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English extinguishable
| 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 |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |