Where does “rēliquia” come from?

rēliquia (Latin) comes 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.

Ancestry of “rēliquia”, step by step

rēliquia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin reliquiae

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

via Latin reliquus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinreliquusremaining; surviving
2Latinrelikuwos—

Words derived from “rēliquia”

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