relict

The story

1. Latin · derived fromrelictus
2. Late Latin · derived fromrelicta“widow”
3. Middle French · derived fromrelicte“widow”
4. Middle English · inherited fromrelicte“widow”
5. English todayrelict

Inherited from Middle English relicte (“widow”), from Middle French relicte (“widow”), from Late Latin relicta (“widow”), from Latin relictus, past participle of relinquō (“to abandon, to relinquish, to leave (behind)”), from re- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”). Doublet of relic, derelict, and relinquish.

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