Where does “migrate” come from?

Migrate comes from Latin migratus, past participle of migro, from Proto-Italic migrāō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂meygʷ-, ultimately from the root mey-.

migrate (English): To relocate periodically from one region to...

Definitions

  1. To relocate periodically from one region to...

Ancestry of “migrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmigratusmigrated, departed; gone away, having been...
2LatinmigroI migrate, depart to another place, change...
3Proto-Italicmigrāō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂migʷ-—

Words derived from “migrate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂migʷ- →Every word from Proto-Italic migrāō →Every word from Latin migro →