# vestige

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈvɛs.tɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #50,886

## Definitions
1. A mark left on the earth by a foot.
2. A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present.
3. A vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor.
4. The remaining portion of a partially suppressed sideband.

## Etymology
From French vestige, from Latin vestīgium (“footstep, footprint, track, the sole of the foot, a trace, mark”). Doublet of vestigium.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/vestige