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Where does “éteindre” come from?

éteindre (French) comes from Italian estinguere, from Latin extinguere, from Latin extinguo, from Latin stinguo, from Proto-Italic *stengʷō.

éteindre (French): to turn off; to put out; to die out, fade

Definitions

  1. to turn off; to put out; to die out, fade

Ancestry of “éteindre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianestinguereto put out, extinguish; to pay off; to close
2Latinextingueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3LatinextinguoI quench, extinguish, kill
4LatinstinguoI put out, extinguish
5Proto-Italic*stengʷō—

Words derived from “éteindre”

  • éteignoir
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