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Where does “relicted” come from?

relicted (English) comes from Latin relictus, from Latin relinquō, from Latin linquō, from Proto-Italic linkʷō, from Proto-Indo-European linékʷti, from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- — to leave.

relicted (English): Left uncovered, as land by recession of water

Definitions

  1. Left uncovered, as land by recession of water

Ancestry of “relicted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrelictusabandoned, having been abandoned, forsaken,...
2Latinrelinquō—
3Latinlinquō—
4Proto-Italiclinkʷōleave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlinékʷtito be leaving
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleykʷ-to leave
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- →