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Where does “extincturus” come from?

extincturus (Latin) comes from Latin extinguo, from Latin stinguo, from Proto-Italic *stengʷō.

extincturus (Latin): about to quench, extinguish, kill

Definitions

  1. about to quench, extinguish, kill

Ancestry of “extincturus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinextinguoI quench, extinguish, kill
2LatinstinguoI put out, extinguish
3Proto-Italic*stengʷō—
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