Where does “sting” come from?
sting (Romanian) comes from Romanian stinge, from Latin extinguo, from Latin stinguo, from Proto-Italic *stengʷō.
sting (Romanian): first-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “sting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |