Where does “émigré” come from?

Émigré comes from French émigré, the past participle of French émigrer, from Latin emigrare meaning to depart, derived from Latin ex meaning out and a root related to Proto-Indo-European mey-.

émigré (English): A French person who has departed their native...

Definitions

  1. A French person who has departed their native...

Ancestry of “émigré”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchémigréemigrant; past participle of émigrer
2Frenchémigrerto emigrate; to migrate
3Latinēmigrāre—
Every word from Latin ēmigrāre →Every word from French émigrer →Every word from French émigré →
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