Where does “relicário” come from?

relicário (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese relíquia, 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.

relicário (Portuguese): reliquary; shrine

Definitions

  1. reliquary; shrine

Ancestry of “relicário”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueserelíquiarelic; heirloom
2Latinreliquiaeremains, relics; remnants; survivors
3Latinrelinquōto abandon, forsake, desert
4Latinlinquōto leave, quit, forsake, depart from
5Proto-Italiclinkʷōleave
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlinékʷtito be leaving
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleykʷ-to leave
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European linékʷti →Every word from Proto-Italic linkʷō →