vestigium

[ ve-stij-ee-uhm ]

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural ves·tig·i·a [ve-, stij, -ee-, uh].

1. a vestigial structure of any kind; vestige.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vestigium¹

First recorded in 1630–40, vestigium is from the Latin word vestīgium footprint, trace

Example Sentences

One day you go to the market and where the stall used to be there is only a mark in the earth, a vestigium.

From Literature

Earum Disparitionem cui Anno debeam, non novi; hoc indubium, quod à die 10 April, 1668, ne vestigium quidem illarum adesse amplius observe; cæteris circa eas etium quartæ et quintæ magnitudinis, immotis.”

From Project Gutenberg

III, 4: “In Conciliis et Patribus nullum vestigium talis gratiae invenimus, quin potius ipsam inspirationem ponunt ut gratiam primam et praeterea indicant immediate infundi ab ipso Spiritu Sancto et non mediante aliquâ qualitate.”

From Project Gutenberg

Chnographie, from ἴκνος vestigium, and γράϕα Scribo, or Insculpo; which properly signifies the Figure that the Plane of the Foot impresses upon the Earth.

From Project Gutenberg

Fragmenta linteorum lacera plerumque macci vestigium servantia.

From Project Gutenberg