expellee (n.)

1888, from expel + -ee.

Entries linking to expellee

late 14c., "cast out," from Latin expellere "drive out, drive away," from ex "out" (see ex-) + pellere "to drive" (from PIE root *pel- (5) "to thrust, strike, drive"). Specific meaning "to eject from a school" is first recorded 1640s. Related: Expelled; expelling.

-ee

word-forming element in legal English (and in imitation of it), representing the Anglo-French -é ending of past participles used as nouns (compare -y (3)). As these sometimes were coupled with agent nouns in -or, the two suffixes came to be used as a pair to denote the initiator and the recipient of an action.

Not to be confused with the French -ée that is a feminine noun ending (as in fiancée), which is from Latin -ata.

Share expellee

‘cite’

Page URL:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/expellee

HTML Link:

<a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/expellee">Etymology of expellee by etymonline</a>

APA style:

Harper, D. (n.d.). Etymology of expellee. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved $(datetime), from https://www.etymonline.com/word/expellee

Chicago style:

Harper Douglas, “Etymology of expellee,” Online Etymology Dictionary, accessed $(datetime), https://www.etymonline.com/word/expellee.

MLA style:

Harper, Douglas. “Etymology of expellee.” Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/word/expellee. Accessed $(datetimeMla).

IEEE style:

D. Harper. “Etymology of expellee.” Online Etymology Dictionary. https://www.etymonline.com/word/expellee (accessed $(datetime)).

Dictionary entries near expellee

expedite

expedition

expeditionary

expeditious

expel

expellee

expend

expendable

expenditure

expense

expenses