Where does “sting” come from?

sting (Romanian) comes from Romanian stinge, from Latin extinguo, from Latin stinguo, from Proto-Italic *stengʷō — to push.

sting (Romanian): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

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Ancestry of “sting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianstingeto turn off, put out; to extinguish, quench
2LatinextinguoI quench, extinguish, kill
3LatinstinguoI put out, extinguish
4Proto-Italic*stengʷōto push
Every word from Proto-Italic *stengʷō →Every word from Latin stinguo →Every word from Latin extinguo →