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Where does “expatriation” come from?

Expatriation comes from French expatriation, derived from the Latin expatriāre meaning to banish or drive out from one's native country.

expatriation (English): voluntary migration from one's native land to...

Definitions

  1. voluntary migration from one's native land to...

Ancestry of “expatriation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchexpatriationexpatriation
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