The act or process of digging out, excavating, or extracting something from the earth or ground.
From 'exfodiate' + the suffix '-ation' indicating a process. Derived from Latin roots meaning 'to dig out.'
This word appears in medieval Latin texts about mining and construction, but it's essentially been replaced by the simpler 'excavation'—a reminder that sometimes languages shed their fancier Latin terms for more practical ones.
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