verb/eɡstinˈɡiɾ/
to extinguish, to put out; to carry out (a task, etc.); to go extinct, to die out
“Antes de extinguirse, estos roedores eran los únicos mamíferos nativos de la Gran Barrera de Coral, ecosistema ubicado frente a la costa de Queensland en el noreste de Australia.” — Before going extinct, these rodents were the only mammals native to the Great Barrier Reef, an ecosystem located in front of the Queensland coast in northeast Australia.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- Proto-Indo-European *sténgʷeti Proto-Italic *stengʷō Latin stinguō Latin extinguerebor. Spanish extinguir Borrowed from Latin extinguere.