tingu- root words — words with the tingu- root

The root tingu- comes from Latin stinguere, meaning to quench. 10 words in Dendril are built from it, including inextinguishable, contradistinctive, contradistinguish, distinguishably, extinctive, indistinctive, indistinguishably, instinctual, nonextinct, undistinguishable. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the tingu- root

Explore words with tingu- — words containing the tingu- root and sharing its sense of "to quench". Examples include inextinguishable, contradistinctive, contradistinguish, distinguishably, extinctive, indistinctive, indistinguishably, instinctual, nonextinct, undistinguishable. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The tingu- root means to quench, from Latin stinguere. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.