Where does “reliquaire” come from?
reliquaire (English) comes from French reliquaire, from French relique, from Old French relique, from Latin reliquiae, from Latin relinquō, from Latin linquō, from Proto-Italic linkʷō, from Proto-Indo-European linékʷti — to leave.
reliquaire (English): reliquary
Definitions
- reliquary
Ancestry of “reliquaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | reliquaire | reliquary |
| 2 | French | relique | relic; remnant |
| 3 | Old French | relique | relic |
| 4 | Latin | reliquiae | remains, relics; remnants; survivors |
| 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 |