Etymology

décollage

Today it means: The opposite of collage: the process of cutting, tearing, etc. an original image to produce a new work. Full definition →

French décollage
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  1. French · borrowed fromdécollage
  2. English todaydécollage

Unadapted borrowing from French décollage, influenced by de- + collage.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.