Where does “extinctus” come from?
extinctus (Latin) comes from Latin extinguo, from Latin stinguo, from Proto-Italic *stengʷō.
Ancestry of “extinctus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | extinguo | I quench, extinguish, kill |
| 2 | Latin | stinguo | I put out, extinguish |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *stengʷō | — |