Her five years of expatriation in France made her fall in love with the culture there.

expatriation 是由前缀 ex-（表示"向外"）和词根 patri（来自拉丁语 patria，意为"祖国"）加上名词后缀 -ation 组成。字面意思是"离开祖国"，指"移居国外、侨居海外"的状态或行为。