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vestigio m. (Noun) "vestige"
15th cent. From Latin vestigium "track." A metaphor of the footprints one leaves behind. Of unknown origin. However, de Vaan (2014) connects it to Proto-Italic *wers- "to sweep" (see barrer).
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Romance
French vestige, Romanian vestigiu
Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997.
de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014.
Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.

12 August 2019 - Update 3.92

Final updates in preparation for a particularly large data update coming at the end of the month.

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