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Where does “relinquish” come from?

Relinquish comes from Middle English relinquisshen, meaning to abandon or leave behind.

relinquish (English): To give up, abandon or retire from something. To...

Definitions

  1. To give up, abandon or retire from something. To...

Ancestry of “relinquish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishrelinquisshen—

Words derived from “relinquish”

  • relinquishment
  • relinquisher
  • relinquishable
  • relinquisheth
  • unrelinquishable
  • relinquishest
Every word from Middle English relinquisshen →