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
- to turn off; to put out; to die out, fade
Ancestry of “éteindre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
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