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Where does “relicte” come from?

relicte (Middle English) comes from Middle French relicte, from Late Latin relicta, 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 “relicte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchrelicte—
2Late Latinrelicta—
3Latinrelictusabandoned, having been abandoned, forsaken,...
4Latinrelinquō—
5Latinlinquō—
6Proto-Italiclinkʷōleave
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlinékʷtito be leaving
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleykʷ-to leave
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