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relict

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Noun — A person or thing that remains after others have been lost.

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Etymology

Relict was inherited from Middle English relicte (“widow”), from Middle French relicte (“widow”), from Late Latin relicta (“widow”), from Latin relictus, the past participle of relinquō (“to abandon, to relinquish, to leave (behind)”), from re- and linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”). It is a doublet of rel...

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