vestigium

[ ve-stij-ee-uh m ]

/ vɛˈstɪdʒ i əm /

a vestigial structure of any kind; vestige.

Origin of vestigium

First recorded in 1630–40, vestigium is from the Latin word vestīgium footprint, trace

"You must have overlooked some vestigia," said the professor quietly.

The Flying Death |Samuel Hopkins Adams
What vestigia, what remembrances, but such as will inspire abhorrence of the attempter?

Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) |Samuel Richardson
Between these I can find no vestigia, but imagination easily fills the gap.

Concerning Animals and Other Matters |E.H. Aitken, (AKA Edward Hamilton)
Vestigia nulla retrorsum is as well known to Bushmen as to Latinists.

Shakespeare, Bacon and the Great Unknown |Andrew Lang

Vestigia nulla refrorsum is the motto of woman to-day, and has been from the early part of the nineteenth century.

Women of England, Volume 9 (of 10) |Burleigh James Bartlett