Where does “relicte” come from?

relicte (Middle French) comes 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

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Late Latin	relicta	—
2	Latin	relictus	abandoned, having been abandoned, forsaken,...
3	Latin	relinquō	to abandon, forsake, desert
4	Latin	linquō	to leave, quit, forsake, depart from
5	Proto-Italic	linkʷō	leave
6	Proto-Indo-European	linékʷti	to be leaving
7	Proto-Indo-European	leykʷ-	to leave

Words derived from “relicte”

relict
relictual
relicte
pedorelict
relikti

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