vestige

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A mark left on the earth by a foot.
A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present.
A vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor.
The remaining portion of a partially suppressed sideband.

/ˈvɛs.tɪd͡ʒ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vestige.wav

vestige vestiges

From French vestige, from Latin vestīgium (“footstep, footprint, track, the sole of the foot, a trace, mark”). Doublet of vestigium.

relic remains remnant residue trace sign track footstep footprint

hint trace

vestigial vestigiality

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