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reclamare
Latin · ancient
"to cry out against, to protest"
to cry out against, to protest, from re- (against) and clamare (to shout)
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reclamer
Old French · medieval
"to demand something back"
carried into French for demanding something back
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reclaim
English · 1300s
"to get something back, or to restore land for use"
settled as the English word for getting something back or restoring land
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