vestigium
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of vestigium
First recorded in 1630–40, vestigium is from the Latin word vestīgium footprint, trace
Example Sentences
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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 "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
"Tanta vis admonitionis inest in locis….Et id quidem in hac urbe infinitum; quacumque enim ingredimur, in aliquam historiam vestigium ponimus."
From The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 17 by Cotton, Charles
Si sol ah czterno esset, lumen ah �terno esset; et si pes, similiter vestigium.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
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 Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur
"Tanta vis admonitionis inest in locis....Et id quidem in hac urbe infinitum; quacumque enim ingredimur, in aliquam historiam vestigium ponimus."
From The Essays of Montaigne — Complete by Montaigne, Michel de
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