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

Definitions

  1. relic; remnant

Ancestry of “relique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchreliquerelic
2Latinreliquiaeremains, relics; remnants; survivors
3Latinrelinquōto abandon, forsake, desert
4Latinlinquōto leave, quit, forsake, depart from
5Proto-Italiclinkʷōleave
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlinékʷtito be leaving
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleykʷ-to leave

Words derived from “relique”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European linékʷti →Every word from Proto-Italic linkʷō →