English Explanatory Dictionary

deracinate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
  2. To force (people) from their homeland to a new or foreign location.
  3. To liberate or be liberated from a culture or its norms.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈɹæsɪneɪt/ /dɪˈɹæsəneɪt/ en-us-deracinate.ogg

Word forms

deracinate deracinates deracinating deracinated

Etymology

PIE word *wréh₂ds First attested in 1609; calque of French déraciner on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from racine (“root”), from Latin rādīx, rādīcis (“a root”).

Related words

eradicate radical radish radix root wort
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