Etymology of the English word relic
the English word
relicderived from the Old French word
reliquederived from the Late Latin word
reliquiaederived from the Latin word
reliquus (rest of, remaining, available)
derived from the Latin word
relinquere (leave behind, abandon; be left)
using the Latin prefix
re-derived from the Latin word
linquere (leave, quit, forsake)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leikʷ-Date
The earliest known usage of relic in English dates from the 13th century.
Cognates
Dutch
reliek, French
relique, German
Relikt, German
Reliquie, Italian
reliquia, Norwegian
relikvie, Provençal
reliquias, Spanish
reliquia, Swedish
relikt, Swedish
relikUsage
Word found in Modern English
