'uprootedness' originates from English, specifically from the adjective 'uprooted' + the suffix '-ness' (Old English '-nes(s)') which denotes 'state or quality'. 'Uprooted' itself comes from the verb 'uproot' (up + root).

'uproot' developed in Middle English from the combination of 'up' (Old English 'up') and 'root' (Old English 'rōt'); the verb form meant 'to pull up by the roots'. The past participle 'uprooted' was later combined with the nominalizing suffix '-ness' to form 'uprootedness'.

Initially, the term referred primarily to the physical action or result of pulling something up by its roots; over time it also came to describe a broader condition of social or emotional displacement — the current common usage.