Vestige /(?)/

Ves·tige

Vestige

n.
  1. The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains; as, the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra; vestiges of former population.
    What vestiges of liberty or property have they left?
    Ridicule has followed the vestiges of Truth, but never usurped her place.
  2. A small, degenerate, or imperfectly developed part or organ which has been more fully developed in some past generation. (Biol.)