Expel
/ɪkˈspɛl/noun
To force someone to leave a place or to remove something from a system.
Did you know?In ancient Rome, expulsion was often linked to the casting out of evil spirits, intertwining physical removal with spiritual cleansing.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pel-
“to drive or push”
Latin
Latin
expellere
“to drive out or expel, literally 'to push out'”
Old French
Old French
expulser
“to expel or push out”
14th Century
Middle English
expellen
“to drive out or banish”
Modern English
English
expel
“to force out or remove from a place”