Where does “relicmonger” come from?
relicmonger (English) comes from English relic, from Middle English relik, from Old French relique, from Latin reliquiae, from Latin relinquō, from Latin linquō, from Proto-Italic linkʷō, from Proto-Indo-European linékʷti — to leave.
relicmonger (English): A dealer in religious relics
Definitions
- A dealer in religious relics
Ancestry of “relicmonger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | relic | That which remains; that which is left after loss... |
| 2 | Middle English | relik | — |
| 3 | Old French | relique | relic |
| 4 | Latin | reliquiae | remains, relics; remnants; survivors |
| 5 | Latin | relinquō | — |
| 6 | Latin | linquō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | linkʷō | leave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | linékʷti | to be leaving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leykʷ- | to leave |