English
extinctive
From extinct + -ive.
Formed from extinct + -ive
Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- ‘to push’
Latin stinguō ‘to extinguish, put out, quench’
Latin exstinguō ‘to extinguish, put out, quench’
Latin extīnctus ‘extinguished, quenched’
Middle English extinct ‘eliminated, eradicated, extinguished’
English extinct
Today it means
adj Tending or serving to extinguish, or make extinct.
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Etymograph / extinctive