Pronounced: mar-uh-VOH-dazh, noun
Notes: I didn’t know this word, but it isn’t one I think I used much
Yesterday’s word
The word deracinate means
- to uproot
- to remove or separate from a native environment or culture
- to remove the racial of ethnic characteristics or influences from
First usage
This word came into English in the late 1500s
Background / Comments
Our word came from Middle French, and to there from the Latin word radix (root). The word originally referred to literal plant roots, but it quickly took on the metaphorical meaning or removing someone or something from its culture (or roots).
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