verb/delinˈkiɾ/
to commit a crime; to be delinquent
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *linékʷti Proto-Italic *linkʷō Latin linquō Latin dēlinquerebor. Spanish delinquir Borrowed from Latin dēlinquere.