deracinate
pronunciation
How to pronounce deracinate in British English:
UK [ˌdi:ˈræsɪneɪt]
How to pronounce deracinate in American English:
US [dəˈræsəˌnet]
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- Verb:
- move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
- pull up by or as if by the roots
Word Origin
- deracinate (n.)
- 1590s, "to pluck up by the roots," from French déraciner, from Old French desraciner "uproot, dig out, pull up by the roots," from des- (see dis-) + racine "root," from Late Latin radicina, diminutive of Latin radix (see radish). Related: Deracinated.