relinquish
/ɹɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "to relinquish a title"
- "to relinquish property"
- "to relinquish rights"
- "to relinquish citizenship or nationality"
- "relinquish power"
- "With this issue Mr. W. A. Willox regretfully relinquishes the editorship of THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *linékʷti Proto-Italic *linkʷō Latin linquō Latin relinquō Old French relenquir Middle French relinquirbor. Middle English relinquisshen English relinquish From Middle English relinquisshen, from the inflected stem relinquiss- of Middle French relinquir, from Latin relinquere, itself from re- + linquere (“to leave”). Compare also Sanskrit रिणक्ति (riṇakti, “to leave”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *leykʷ-, relinquisshen, relinquir, relinquo