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
- To move into a foreign country to stay...
Ancestry of “immigrate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | immigratus | — |
| 2 | Latin | immigro | I remove, move or go into; migrate |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “immigrate”