Where does “antiimmigrant” come from?
antiimmigrant (English) comes from English immigrant, from Latin immigrans, from Latin immigro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
antiimmigrant (English): Opposing immigrants or immigration
Definitions
- Opposing immigrants or immigration
Ancestry of “antiimmigrant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | immigrant | A non-native person who comes to a country from... |
| 2 | Latin | immigrans | migrating |
| 3 | Latin | immigro | I remove, move or go into; migrate |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |