expatriate

The story

1. French · derived fromexpatrier
2. Latin · derived fromex-“out of”
3. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromexpatriātus
4. English todayexpatriate

The verb is first attested in 1787, the adjective and noun in 1812; borrowed from Medieval Latin expatriātus, perfect passive participle of expatriō (“to banish”) (see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3)), from Latin ex- (“out of”) + patria (“native land”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); possibly after French expatrier and expatrié.

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