## Meanings
1. To get back something that was taken away or lost.
2. To make wasteland or used material usable again.
3. To bring a word, especially an insult, back into acceptable use by the group it once targeted.

## Examples
- She fought in court to reclaim her property.
- The land was reclaimed from the sea for farming.
- The community has reclaimed a word that was once used as an insult.

## Derived Forms
- reclaimable
- reclaimableness
- reclaimably
- reclaimant
- reclaimer
- reclaimless
- reclamation
- unreclaiming

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *kelh₁-
- Root: reclaymen
- Root: reclamer
- Root: reclamo

## Etymology
From Middle English reclaymen, recleymen, reclamen, from Anglo-Norman reclamer (noun reclaim and Middle French reclamer (noun reclaim), from Latin reclāmō, reclāmāre. Equivalent to re- + claim.

## AI Etymology
Reclaim comes from Middle English reclaymen, recleymen, reclamen, from Anglo-Norman reclamer (noun reclaim and Middle French reclamer (noun reclaim), from Latin reclāmō, reclāmāre. Equivalent to re- + claim. Modern senses include to get back something that was taken away or lost. and to make wasteland or used material usable again.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as reclaimable, reclaimableness, reclaimably, reclaimant, reclaimer, and reclaimless.

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