Impatriate
/ɪmˈpeɪtrieɪt/noun
To return someone to their home country, or to bring back into one's own country.
Did you know?Impatriate is built on the same Latin patria, meaning “fatherland,” the root behind patriot, patron, and expatriate—so even modern bureaucracy is haunted by ancient ideas of homeland and belonging.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
patria
“fatherland, native land”
Late Latin
Latin
impatriare
“to bring back to the fatherland, restore to one's country”
17th-18th Century
English
impatriate
“to return to one's native country; to bring back into one's own country”
Modern English
English
impatriate
“to return a person to their home country, especially for work or assignment”
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