Etymology

extinguish

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Today it means: To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench. Full definition →

Latin extinguo
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromextinguo“to put out (what is burning), quench, extinguish, deprive of life, destroy, abolish”
  2. English todayextinguish

Borrowed from Latin extinguo (“to put out (what is burning), quench, extinguish, deprive of life, destroy, abolish”), from ex (“out”) + stinguere (“to put out, quench, extinguish”). Doublet of extinct.

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