Etymology

repatriation

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Today it means: The process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship. Full definition →

Medieval Latin repatriātiō ← Italian repatriazione
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The story

  1. Italian · borrowed fromrepatriazione
  2. Medieval Latin · learned borrowing fromrepatriātiō“act of restoring someone to their homeland”
  3. English todayrepatriation

Either a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin repatriātiō (“act of restoring someone to their homeland”) or from Italian repatriazione and remodelled after words in -ation. By surface analysis, repatriate + -ion.

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