Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VESTIGE, a. [Fr.; L. vesligium. This word and vestibule, signifying 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.