Latin

extinguo

‘to put out, quench, extinguish, deprive of life, destroy, abolish’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin extinguo.

3 English words in this record descend from Latin extinguo, most familiar first.

• extinction ← extinctio
• extinguish
• extincteur ← exstinctor

Etymograph / Latin extinguo