Where does “relicta” come from?
relicta (Late Latin) comes from Latin relictus, from Latin relinquō, from Latin linquō, from Proto-Italic linkʷō, from Proto-Indo-European linékʷti, from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- — to leave.
Ancestry of “relicta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | relictus | abandoned, having been abandoned, forsaken,... |
| 2 | Latin | relinquō | — |
| 3 | Latin | linquō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | linkʷō | leave |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | linékʷti | to be leaving |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leykʷ- | to leave |