Where does “extincție” come from?

extincție (Romanian) comes from French extinction, from Latin extinctio, from Latin extinguere, from Latin extinguo, from Latin stinguo, from Proto-Italic *stengʷō — to push.

extincție (Romanian): extinction

Definitions

  1. extinction

Ancestry of “extincție”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchextinctionextinction
2LatinextinctioAlternative form of exstinctiō; extinction,...
3Latinextingueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatinextinguoI quench, extinguish, kill
5LatinstinguoI put out, extinguish
6Proto-Italic*stengʷōto push
Every word from Proto-Italic *stengʷōEvery word from Latin stinguoEvery word from Latin extinguo