vestigium

American  

[ve-stij-ee-uhm] / vɛˈstɪdʒ i əm /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

vestigia

1. a vestigial structure of any kind; vestige.

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Etymology

Origin of vestigium

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 "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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 An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author by Perrault, Claude

At lumen et vestigium effectus sunt efficients solis et pedis; potuit ergo cum causa �terna effectus coaternus esse.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

"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

"Peregrinantes, qui, qua transeunt, nullum sui vestigium relinquunt;" they are as travelers who do nothing to leave any trace of their course.

From Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War by Watson, John Selby