expel

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   force to leave or move out

   They were expelled from their native country.

Simplified etymology

Expel entered English in the late Middle Ages and goes back to Latin pellere, “to drive,” with the etymological sense “drive out.”

Late Middle English: from Latin expellere, from ex- (“out”) + pellere (“to drive”).

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