vestige
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vestige
- /ˈvɛs.tɪd͡ʒ/
Where it comes from
From French vestige, from Latin vestīgium (“footstep, footprint, track, the sole of the foot, a trace, mark”). Doublet of vestigium.
noun vestiges
- A mark left on the earth by a foot.
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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
Similar: remains
- A vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor. Any person seeing such a condition could not help being frightened at the conditions found, and it seems to me that that fact should lead us to think that the appendix is a vestige or becoming so.
- The remaining portion of a partially suppressed sideband. [J]ust a trace, or vestige, of the other sideband is included. In the receiver detection circuitry the vestige of the lower sideband is added to the upper sideband.
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noun mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign
| Español | huella, pisada |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 자취 jachwi |
| 日本語 | 足跡 sokuseki |
| 中文 | 跡 /迹 jì, 痕跡 /痕迹 hénjì |
| Português | vestígio, marca, pegada |
| Deutsch | Spur |
| Italiano | traccia, segno, strascico, impronta, marchio |
| Română | urmă, indiciu, vestigiu, rămășiță |
| Русский | след sled |
noun faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost
| Español | vestigio |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | なごり nagori, 痕跡 konseki |
| Português | vestígio |
| Deutsch | Überrest, Überbleibsel |
| Italiano | vestigia |
| Русский | пережи́ток perežítok |
noun (biology) a vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor
| Русский | рудиме́нт rudimént |
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title = {vestige},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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