# expatriate

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɛksˈpætɹi.ɪt/ · frequency rank #31,547

## Definitions
1. Living outside of one's own country.

## Etymology
The verb is first attested in 1787, the adjective and noun in 1812; borrowed from Medieval Latin expatriātus, perfect passive participle of expatriō (“to banish”) (see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3)), from Latin ex- (“out of”) + patria (“native land”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); possibly after French expatrier and expatrié.

## Common misspellings (14)
`epxatriate`, `exaptriate`, `expartiate`, `expatirate`, `expatraite`, `expatriaet`, `expatriatte`, `expatritae`, `expatrriate`, `expattriate`, `exppatriate`, `exptariate`, `exxpatriate`, `xepatriate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/expatriate