Where does “relique” come from?

relique (Old French) 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.

relique (Old French): relic

Definitions

  1. relic

Ancestry of “relique”, step by step

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

Words derived from “relique”

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