Etymology

religio-

English religionclip. ← Middle English religioun ← Old French religion
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  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*léǵeti
  5. Proto-Italic*legō
  6. Latinlegō
  7. Latinrelegō
  8. Latinre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyǵ-
  10. Latinligō
  11. Latinreligō
  12. Latinreligiō
  13. Old Frenchreligion
  14. Middle Englishreligioun
  15. Englishreligionclip.
  16. English todayreligio-

Clipping of religion + -o-.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.