Relinquished
/rɪˈlɪŋ.kwɪʃt/noun
Past tense and past participle of relinquish, meaning to voluntarily give up or abandon something.
Did you know?Relinquish comes from Latin *relinquere*, and in medieval legal language it could signal a formal surrender of rights, making words themselves part of the ritual of giving up power.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leikw-
“to leave, abandon”
Latin
Latin
relinquere
“to leave behind, abandon, relinquish”
Old French
Old French
relinquir
“to relinquish, give up”
Middle English
English
relinquishen
“to abandon, give up, surrender”
Modern English
English
relinquished
“gave up; surrendered; let go of”