exile

exile
\ \ [13] Latin exul meant ‘banished person’.
\ \ This was formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and a prehistoric Indo-European base *ul- ‘go’ (represented also in Latin ambulāre ‘walk’, source of English amble and ambulance). From it was created the noun exilium ‘banishment’, which in Old French became essil. This was subsequently remodelled to exil, on the basis of its Latin source, and passed on to English.
\ \ Cf.⇒ AMBLE, AMBULANCE

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Synonyms:
, , , (from one's country), / / (voluntary or by circumstances), , / , , , , , (from one's country)


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