Where does “derelinquens” come from?
derelinquens (Latin) comes from Latin derelinquo, from Latin relinquo, from Latin re-, from Proto-Indo-European wret-, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
derelinquens (Latin): abandoning; bequeathing
Ancestry of “derelinquens”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | derelinquo | I forsake, abandon, discard or desert; I bequeath |
| 2 | Latin | relinquo | I abandon, relinquish, forsake, leave |
| 3 | Latin | re- | back, backwards; again; prefix added to various... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wret- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |