Where does “stingere” come from?
stingere (Italian) comes from Italian tingere, from Latin tingō, from Latin tingere, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.
stingere (Italian): To fade or lose colour
Ancestry of “stingere”, step by step
stingere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian tingere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | tingere | to dye, paint; to moisten |
| 2 | Latin | tingō | to wet, moisten, dip in, impregnate with; to smear; to dip, immerse |
| 3 | Latin | tingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |
via Romanian stinge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | stinge | to turn off, put out; to extinguish, quench |
| 2 | Latin | extinguo | I quench, extinguish, kill |
| 3 | Latin | stinguo | I put out, extinguish |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *stengʷō | to push |
Words derived from “stingere”