Where does “spegnitoio” come from?
spegnitoio (Italian) comes from Italian spegnere, from Latin expingere, from Latin pingere, from Latin pingo, from Latin pango, from Proto-Italic pangō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.
spegnitoio (Italian): snuffer
Definitions
- snuffer
Ancestry of “spegnitoio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | spegnere | to put out, to turn off |
| 2 | Latin | expingere | push, shove |
| 3 | Latin | pingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | pingo | I decorate or embellish; I paint, tint or colour;... |
| 5 | Latin | pango | I fasten, fix, set, especially drive, sink, force... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pangō | to fasten, to fix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |