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Where does “expulsion” come from?

Expulsion comes from Old French expulsion, derived from Latin expulsio, a noun formed from the Latin suffix -tio attached to a Proto-Indo-European root expressing the action denoted by -ti- and -tis.

expulsion (English): The act of expelling or the state of being...

Definitions

  1. The act of expelling or the state of being...

Ancestry of “expulsion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishexpulsioun—
2Old Frenchexpulsion—
3Latinexpulsioexpulsion
4Latin-tiō—
5Latindissertātiō—
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “expulsion”

  • expulsionist
  • expulsionism
  • antiexpulsion
  • nonexpulsion
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