deracinate
The origin and history of deracinate.
Etymology
PIE word *wréh₂ds. First recorded in 1609, a calque of French déraciner on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from racine ("root"), from Latin rādīx, rādīcis ("a root").
The origin and history of deracinate.
PIE word *wréh₂ds. First recorded in 1609, a calque of French déraciner on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from racine ("root"), from Latin rādīx, rādīcis ("a root").
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