Etymology

relinquishment

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Today it means: The act of relinquishing something. Full definition →

English relinquish ← Middle English relinquisshen ← Middle French relinquir
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*leykʷ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*linékʷti
  5. Proto-Italic*linkʷō
  6. Latinlinquō
  7. Latinrelinquō
  8. Old Frenchrelenquir
  9. Middle Frenchrelinquir
  10. Middle Englishrelinquisshen
  11. Englishrelinquish
  12. English todayrelinquishment

From relinquish + -ment.

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