Where does “relict” come from?
Relict comes from Latin relictus, the past participle of relinquo meaning "to leave behind," formed from the prefix re- and a root from Proto-Italic linkʷō, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European wert- and wer-.
relict (English): Something that, or someone who, survives or...
Definitions
- Something that, or someone who, survives or...
Ancestry of “relict”, step by step
relict traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English relicte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | relicte | widow |
| 2 | Middle French | relicte | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | relicta | — |
| 4 | Latin | relictus | abandoned, having been abandoned, forsaken,... |
| 5 | Latin | relinquō | to abandon, forsake, desert |
| 6 | Latin | linquō | to leave, quit, forsake, depart from |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | linkʷō | leave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | linékʷti | to be leaving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leykʷ- | to leave |
via Latin relictum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | relictum | accusative supine of relinquō; nominative neuter... |