Etymograph

English

extinction

Extinction comes from Latin extinctio ‘extinction, annihilation’, from Proto-Italic *stengʷō ‘to push’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stengʷ-‘to push’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sténgʷeti‘to push, thrust’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stengʷō‘to push’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstinguō‘to put out, extinguish’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextinguōas extinguere‘to quench, put out, extinguish’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextinctio‘extinction, annihilation’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1922extinction

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stengʷ-‘to push’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sténgʷeti‘to push, thrust’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stengʷō‘to push’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstinguō‘to put out, extinguish’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextinguōas extinguere‘to quench, put out, extinguish’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextinctio‘extinction, annihilation’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1922extinction

Earliest quotation: 1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization: “Thirteen long centuries have elapsed since the extinction of…”.

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- ‘to push’

stink, stench, 7 more

through Latin stinguō ‘to put out, extinguish’

distinction, instinct, 6 more

through Latin extinguō ‘to quench, put out, extinguish’

extinguish, 1 more

Today it means

noun The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- / extinction

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