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Added 9 October 2026

vestige

/ˈvɛs.tɪd͡ʒ/ noun

Latin root: vestīgium Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about vestige at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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.
the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra
A vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor.

Origin

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

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