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vestige (noun):
1a : a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost
b : the smallest quantity or trace
2 : a bodily part or organ that is small and degenerate or imperfectly developed in comparison to one more fully developed in an earlier stage of the individual, in a past generation, or in closely related forms
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Vestige is derived via Middle French from the Latin noun vestigium, meaning “footstep, footprint, or track.” Like trace and track, vestige can refer to a perceptible sign made by something that has now passed. Of the three words, vestige is the most likely to apply to a tangible reminder, such as a fragment or remnant of what is past and gone. Trace, on the other hand, may suggest any line, mark, or discernible effect (“the snowfield is pockmarked with the traces of caribou”). Track implies a continuous line that can be followed (“the fossilized tracks of dinosaurs”).
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