myEtymology.com: Romanian etymology of instinct

Etymology of the Romanian word instinct

the Romanian word instinct

derived from the French word instinct

derived from the Latin word instinctus (inspiration; instigation; roused, fired; infuriated)

derived from the Latin word instinguere

derived from the Latin word stinguere (extinguish, put out; annihilate)

derived from the Greek word stizein

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steig-