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ostrakon
Greek · ancient
"a pottery shard used for voting"
a pottery shard, used by ancient Athenians to cast votes to banish a citizen
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ostracize
English · 1640s
"to exclude someone from a group or society"
adopted for the practice, then broadened to mean excluding anyone from a group
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