Where does “stinge” come from?

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

stinge (Romanian): to turn off, put out; to extinguish, quench

Definitions

  1. to turn off, put out; to extinguish, quench

Ancestry of “stinge”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stinge”

Every word from Proto-Italic *stengʷō →Every word from Latin stinguo →Every word from Latin extinguo →