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 migrāōEvery word from Latin migro