Relinquish
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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”).
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relinquish (v.)
mid-15c., relinquishen, "desert, abandon" (someone, a sense now obsolete); late 15c., "give up the pursuit or practice of, desist, cease from;" from Old French relinquiss-, present-participle stem of relinquir (12c.), from Latin relinquere "leave behind, forsake, abandon, give up," from re- "back" (see re-) + linquere "to leave" (from PIE *linkw-, nasalized form of root *leikw- "to leave").
From 1550s as "give up the possession or occupancy of." Related: Relinquished; relinquishing; relinquishment.
