English word reclamation comes from Latin clamare, Latin re-, and later Latin reclamatio (Complaint (a cry of opposition or disapprobation).)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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clamare | Latin (lat) | |
re- | Latin (lat) | Again; prefix added to various words to indicate an action being done again, or like the other usages indicated above under English.. Back, backwards. |
reclamare | Latin (lat) | |
reclamatio | Latin (lat) | Complaint (a cry of opposition or disapprobation). |
réclamation | Middle French (frm) | |
reclamation | English (en) | The act of reclaiming or the state of being reclaimed.. The recovery of a wasteland, or of flooded land so it can be cultivated. |