English
pseudoextinct
From pseudo- + extinct.
Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- ‘to push’
Latin stinguō ‘to extinguish, put out, quench’
Latin exstinguō ‘to extinguish, put out, quench’
Latin extīnctus ‘extinguished, quenched’
Middle English extinct ‘eliminated, eradicated, extinguished’
English extinct
Today it means
adj extinct, but with members of a daughter species remaining alive
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “pseudoextinct”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / pseudoextinct