Where does “reliquaire” come from?
reliquaire (Middle French) comes from Late Latin reliquiarium, from Latin rēliquia, 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.
reliquaire (Middle French): reliquary
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