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Added 8 October 2026

deracinate

/dɪˈɹæsɪneɪt/ verb

Latin root: rādīx First recorded: 1609 Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about deracinate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment.
The war uprooted many people
Pull up by or as if by the roots.
uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden

Origin

PIE word *wréh₂ds First attested in 1609; 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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