VES'TIGE, noun [Latin vestigium. This word and vestibule, show that some verb signifying to tread, from which they are derived, is lost.] A track or footstep; the mark of the foot left on the earth; but mostly used for the mark or remains of something else; as the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra; vestiges of former population.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI