Where does “immigrate” come from?

Immigrate comes from Latin immigratus, the past participle of immigro, composed of the prefix in- and the verb migrare, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "in" and "not."

immigrate (English): To move into a foreign country to stay...

Definitions

  1. To move into a foreign country to stay...

Ancestry of “immigrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimmigratus
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 “immigrate

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én