Where does “spegnere” come from?
spegnere (Italian) comes from Latin expingere, from Latin pingere, from Latin pingo, from Latin pango, from Proto-Italic pangō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.
spegnere (Italian): to put out, to turn off
Ancestry of “spegnere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | expingere | — |
| 2 | Latin | pingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | pingo | I decorate or embellish; I paint, tint or colour;... |
| 4 | Latin | pango | I fasten, fix, set, especially drive, sink, force... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pangō | to fasten, to fix |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |
Words derived from “spegnere”