reliquary

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*leykʷ-
2. Late Latin · derived fromreliquiarium
3. Middle French · borrowed fromreliquaire
4. English todayreliquary

Borrowed from Middle French reliquaire (modern French reliquaire), from Late Latin reliquiarium, from rēliquia (“a relic”) (English relic), noun use of reliquus (“abandoned, left behind, relict”), from relinquō (“to relinquish”), from re- (“again”) and linquō (“to leave”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.

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