Reclamation etymology

English

English word reclamation comes from Latin clamare, Latin re-, and later Latin reclamatio (Complaint (a cry of opposition or disapprobation).)

Detailed word origin of reclamation

Dictionary entry Language Definition
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.

Words with the same origin as reclamation