ontheemd

From ont- (“un-, de-”) +‎ heem (“home”). Coined in 1944 as a translation of English displaced person. While it resembles a participle morphologically, it does not derive from the verb onthemen, which has in fact seen some (rare) usage but is itself a back-formation from this adjective.

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ontheemd (not comparable)

1. (said of people) displaced, deprived of a home

• onthemen