Where does “emigrant” come from?

emigrant (English) comes from Latin emigrans, from Latin emigro, from Latin migro, from Proto-Italic migrāō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂migʷ-.

emigrant (English): Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new...

Definitions

  1. Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new...

Ancestry of “emigrant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinemigransemigrating
2LatinemigroI depart from somewhere, emigrate, move out; I...
3LatinmigroI migrate, depart to another place, change...
4Proto-Italicmigrāō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂migʷ-—

Words derived from “emigrant”

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