Where does “estingi” come from?
estingi (Esperanto) comes from Italian estinguere, from Latin extinguere, from Latin extinguo, from Latin stinguo, from Proto-Italic *stengʷō — to push.
estingi (Esperanto): to extinguish
Definitions
- to extinguish
Ancestry of “estingi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | estinguere | to put out, extinguish; to pay off; to close |
| 2 | Latin | extinguere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | extinguo | I quench, extinguish, kill |
| 4 | Latin | stinguo | I put out, extinguish |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *stengʷō | to push |