Morpheme
Ostrace
Type
bound base
Denotation
exile, banish, exclude; tile, potsherd, earthenware
Etymology
Latinized form of Ancient Greek ostrakízein, from óstrakon
Evidence
Arthrostraca, arthrostracous, ostracism, ostracizable, ostracization, ostracize, ostracized, ostracizer, ostracizes, ostracizing, ostracum, unostracized
Notes
“banish” notion developed from use of voting via potsherds to exile people in Ancient Rome
