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relict

Meaningleft behind

Common meaning: widow or surviving remnant

Journey through time

  1. Latinrelictus‘left behind’source
  2. Middle Englishreleuensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsleft behind → widow or surviving remnantrelict‘widow or surviving remnant’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin relictus ‘left behind’.

Roots

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