vestige

Definition

A mark left on the earth by a foot.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra"
• "vestiges of former population"
• "The result, therefore, of this physical inquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning,— no prospect of an end."

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