Where does “emigrate” come from?

Emigrate comes from Latin emigratus, the past participle of emigrare, formed from the prefix ex- meaning "out" and the Proto-Indo-European root mey-.

emigrate (English): To leave the country in which one lives,...

Definitions

  1. To leave the country in which one lives,...

Ancestry of “emigrate”, step by step

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

Words derived from “emigrate”

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