Extinction
Chris J. Durden
drdn at mail.utexas.edu
Tue Jan 16 15:23:12 EST 2001
As far as I have determined so far -
*tegg* (transliterated), Greek = to wet or moisten.
*tingo* Latin = to wet, moisten, imbue with any fluid as in oiling a wick.
*stinguo* Latin = to put out (a light or fire).
*exstinguo* Latin = to put out, extinguish as in outening (PA Deutch) a light.
to go out
to dry up
to quench
to kill
to die
to abolish, destroy, annihilate
to blot out the memory of something
to bring into oblivion
to be forgotten
*extinctio* Latin = annihilation
*exstinctor* Latin = one who extinguishes
one who destroys or annihilates
*exstirpo* Latin = to tear up by the root
to root out
Perhaps this conveys some of the meanings we have inherited from our
cultural ancestors.
............Chris Durden
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