LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

expingere

*expingere (past participle *expinctum)

Meaning

  1. Proto Romancereconstructionpush, shove

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinexpingere

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pangō Latin pangō Latin *expingere From ex- + pangō. Compare Classical impingō. Not to be confused with expingō (“paint, depict”).

Insular Romance
  • Sardinianispinghere
  • Sardinianspingiri
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianspingere
  • Italianspignere
  • Dalmatianspangro
  • Sicilianspìnciri
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanespènyer
  • Old Frenchespaindre
  • Old Frenchespeindre
  • Old Occitanespenher
  • Old Occitanespénje
  • Old Occitanespenji
Elsewhere
  • Emilianspénnżer

Quick answers

What does expingere mean in Latin?
expingere, a verb, means “push, shove”.
Where does expingere come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin expingere.