Deracinate Definition

də-răsə-nāt

deracinated, deracinates, deracinating

verb

deracinated, deracinating

To pull up by or as by the roots; uproot; eradicate.

Webster's New World

To separate from one's roots or ties, esp. ethnic or national ones.

Webster's New World

To force (people) from their homeland to a new or foreign location.

Wiktionary

(intransitive) To liberate or be liberated from a culture or its norms.

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Origin of Deracinate

From French déraciner from Old French desraciner des- de- racine root (from Late Latin rādīcīna) (from Latin rādīx rādīc- wrād- in Indo-European roots)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
French déraciner, from racine (“root”), from Latin radix, radicis (“root”).

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