Where does “relictă” come from?

relictă (Romanian) comes from German Relikt, 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.

relictă (Romanian): relict species

Definitions

  1. relict species

Ancestry of “relictă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanReliktrelic
2Latinrelictusabandoned, having been abandoned, forsaken,...
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 →