Where does “migrant” come from?

migrant (Dutch) comes from Latin migrans, from Latin migro, from Proto-Italic migrāō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂migʷ-.

migrant (Dutch): migrant

Definitions

  1. migrant

Ancestry of “migrant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmigransmigrating, departing to another place; going...
2LatinmigroI migrate, depart to another place, change...
3Proto-Italicmigrāō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂migʷ-—

Words derived from “migrant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂migʷ- →Every word from Proto-Italic migrāō →Every word from Latin migro →
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