Etymology of the English word relinquish
the English word
relinquishderived from the French word
relinquirderived 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-using the Old French prefix
relinquiss-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 relinquish in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
relinquished,
relinquishingUsage
Word found in Modern English
