Where does “unextinguishably” come from?
unextinguishably (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.
unextinguishably (English): In a way that cannot be extinguished
Definitions
- In a way that cannot be extinguished
Ancestry of “unextinguishably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |