relict.
Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
Meaning & usage
Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic. The surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a widow or widower.
Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic. A species, organism, or ecosystem that has survived from a previous age: one that was once widespread but is now found only in a few areas.
Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic. A structure or other feature that has survived from a previous age.
Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic. A survival of an archaic word, language or other form.
A small number of linguists believe that Cimbrian is not an Austro-Bavarian dialect but a relict of Lombardic.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English relicte (“widow”), from Middle French relicte (“widow”), from Late Latin relicta (“widow”), from Latin relictus, past participle of relinquō (“to abandon, to relinquish, to leave (behind)”), from re- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”). Doublet of relic, derelict, and relinquish.
Surviving, remaining.
That is a relict; pertaining to a relict.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English relicte (“widow”), from Middle French relicte (“widow”), from Late Latin relicta (“widow”), from Latin relictus, past participle of relinquō (“to abandon, to relinquish, to leave (behind)”), from re- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”). Doublet of relic, derelict, and relinquish.
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