Where does “relique” come from?
relique (French) comes 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.
relique (French): relic; remnant
Ancestry of “relique”, step by step