Vestige Definition

vĕstĭj
vestiges
noun
vestiges
A trace, mark, or sign of something that once existed but has passed away or disappeared.
Vestiges of the ancient wall.
Webster's New World
A trace; bit.
Not a vestige of hope left.
Webster's New World
A degenerate, atrophied, or rudimentary organ or part, more fully developed or functional in an earlier stage of development of the individual or species.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Vestige

Noun

Singular:
vestige
Plural:
vestiges

Origin of Vestige

  • From French, from Latin vestigium (“footstep, footprint, track, the sole of the foot, a trace, mark").

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Old French from Latin vestīgium

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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