extinction的词源

英文词源

extinction (n.)

early 15c., "annihilation," from Latin extinctionem/exstinctionem (nominative extinctio/exstinctio) "extinction, annihilation," noun of action from past participle stem of extinguere/exstinguere "quench, wipe out" (see extinguish). Originally of fires, lights; figurative use, the wiping out of a material thing (a debt, a person, a family, etc.) from early 17c.; of species by 1784.

中文词源

extinction：熄灭；灭绝，绝种；消亡，消灭

词根词缀： ex-出 + -stinct-(s略)扑灭 + -ion名词词尾

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