Rusticate
/ˈrʌs.tɪ.keɪt/noun
To live in the country; also, to expel a student temporarily from a university.
Did you know?Rusticate comes from Latin rusticus, meaning “of the country,” and in older university slang it became a formal way to say a student was banished from academic life for a time.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
rusticus
“of the country; rustic, rural”
Late Latin
Latin
rusticāre
“to dwell in the country; to make rustic”
16th Century
English
rusticate
“to live in the country; to retire to rural life”
18th Century
English
rusticate
“to suspend or send away a student from a university”
Modern English
English
rusticate
“to live in the country; to expel a student temporarily from a university”