extinct

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 201 words | Copyright

extinct that has burned out XV; that has died out XVI. — L. ex(s)tinctus, pp. of extinguere, f. EX-1 + stinguere quench.
So extinction XVI. extinguish XVI. irreg. f. L. ex(s)tinguere; see -ISH2.

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