myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of reliquiae

Etymology of the Latin word reliquiae

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-

English reliquiae, French relique, Portuguese relicário, Spanish reliquia

Word found in Late Latin