Etymology

vestige

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Today it means: A mark left on the earth by a foot. Full definition →

French vestige ← Latin vestīgium
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  1. Latin · derived fromvestīgium“footstep, footprint, track, the sole of the foot, a trace, mark”
  2. French · borrowed fromvestige
  3. English todayvestige

From French vestige, from Latin vestīgium (“footstep, footprint, track, the sole of the foot, a trace, mark”). Doublet of vestigium.

Words from the same roots

Latinvestīgium all →

vestigium

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