Where does “gimmigrant” come from?
gimmigrant (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.
gimmigrant (English): An immigrant who collects welfare, typically one regarded as being lazy or committing fraud
Definitions
- An immigrant who collects welfare, typically one regarded as being lazy or committing fraud
Ancestry of “gimmigrant”, step by step
gimmigrant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English immigrant
| 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 |