Etymology

dislocation

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Today it means: The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. Full definition →

Medieval Latin dislocātiō
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromdislocātiō
  2. English todaydislocation

From Middle English, from Old French, a borrowing from Medieval Latin dislocātiō, delocatio.

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