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Where does “reliquaire” come from?

reliquaire (French) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- — to leave.

reliquaire (French): reliquary

Definitions

  1. reliquary

Ancestry of “reliquaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchreliquerelic; remnant
2Old Frenchreliquerelic
3Latinreliquiaeremains, relics; remnants; survivors
4Latinrelinquō—
5Latinlinquō—
6Proto-Italiclinkʷōleave
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlinékʷtito be leaving
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleykʷ-to leave

Words derived from “reliquaire”

  • reliquaire
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