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Where does “deportee” come from?

deportee (English) comes from English deport, from French déporter, from Old French deporter, from Latin deportō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.

deportee (English): A deported person

Definitions

  1. A deported person

Ancestry of “deportee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeportTo comport ; to behave; To evict, especially from...
2Frenchdéporterto deport; to send to a concentration camp; to...
3Old Frenchdeporterto amuse; to entertain
4Latindeportō—
5Latindē-—
6Latindē—
7Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
8Latinposteablative singular of postis
9Proto-Italicposti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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