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- Latin · derived fromreclāmō, reclāmāre
- Middle French · derived fromreclamer
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromreclamer
- Middle English · inherited fromreclaymen
- English todayreclaim
From Middle English reclaymen, recleymen, reclamen, from Anglo-Norman reclamer (noun reclaim and Middle French reclamer (noun reclaim), from Latin reclāmō, reclāmāre. Equivalent to re- + claim.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.