myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of delinquens

Etymology of the Latin word delinquens

the Latin word delinquens

derived from the Late Latin word delinquere (fail , be wanting, lacking)

using the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)

derived from the Latin word linquere (leave, quit, forsake)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leikʷ-

English delinquent, Portuguese delinqüente, Spanish delinquir