Where does “immigrant” come from?

Immigrant comes from Latin immigrans, the present participle of immigro, composed of the prefix in- and the verb migrare, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European ne and h₁én.

immigrant (English): A non-native person who comes to a country from...

Definitions

  1. A non-native person who comes to a country from...

Ancestry of “immigrant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimmigransmigrating
2LatinimmigroI remove, move or go into; migrate
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “immigrant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →