English
repatriate
Repatriate comes from Latin repatriare, and goes back to patria ‘homeland’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpatria‘homeland’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepatriare
- Englishearliest quotation 1997repatriate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpatria‘homeland’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepatriare
- Englishearliest quotation 1997repatriate
Earliest quotation: 1997, Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: “Early in 1948, a rumor spread through camp that…”
Linked words
through Latin repatriare
Today it means
noun A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin patria / repatriate