Where does “expat” come from?
Expat comes from English expatriate, which derives from French expatrier, formed from the French prefix ex- and Latin patria meaning fatherland, itself from pater meaning father.
expat (English): An expatriate; a person who lives outside their...
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- An expatriate; a person who lives outside their...
Ancestry of “expat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expatriate | Living outside of one's own country; One who... |
| 2 | French | expatrier | to expatriate, deport; to emigrate |
| 3 | French | patrie | homeland, home country, country of origin,... |
| 4 | Latin | patria | country; fatherland; home; nominative feminine... |
| 5 | Latin | patrius | father's, fatherly, paternal; hereditary;... |
| 6 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |