Where does “vestige” come from?
Vestige comes from French vestige, from Latin vestigium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer-, meaning to turn or twist.
vestige (English): The mark of the foot left on the earth; A faint...
Definitions
- The mark of the foot left on the earth; A faint...
Ancestry of “vestige”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | vestige | vestige, relic |
| 2 | Latin | vestigium | footprint, track; trace, vestige, mark; sole of... |
| 3 | Latin | vē- | too much, too little |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |