Where does “extinction” come from?
extinction (French) comes from Latin extinctio, from Latin extinguere, from Latin extinguo, from Latin stinguo, from Proto-Italic *stengʷō.
extinction (French): extinction
Ancestry of “extinction”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | extinctio | Alternative form of exstinctiō; extinction,... |
| 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 | — |