ostracize English · revision 12

+ ==Etymology==

+ First recorded in 1649,^(MW Collegiate) [[bor|grc|ὀστρακίζω|tr=ostrakízein|t=to banish by voting with potsherds]],^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary) [[der|grc|ὄστρακον|tr=óstrakon|t=shell, potsherd]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) because those proposed for banishment had their names written on potsherds used as ballots.^(AHD)^(Wiktionary) Greek ''óstrakon'' is akin to ''óstreion'', the source of [[oyster]].^(RHWU)

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