myEtymology.com: English etymology of reliquiae

Etymology of the English word reliquiae

the English word reliquiae

derived from the Late Latin word reliquiae

derived 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-

The earliest known usage of reliquiae in English dates from the 19th century.

Word found in Modern English