Where does “unextinguishableness” come from?
unextinguishableness (English) comes from English unextinguishable, from English extinguishable, from English extinguish, from French éteindre, from Italian estinguere, from Latin extinguere, from Latin extinguo, from Latin stinguo — to push.
unextinguishableness (English): inextinguishability
Definitions
- inextinguishability
Ancestry of “unextinguishableness”, step by step
unextinguishableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unextinguishable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unextinguishable | Obsolete form of inextinguishable |
| 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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |