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Where does “migratorily” come from?

migratorily (English) comes from English migratory, from Latin migratorius, from Latin migratus, from Latin migro, from Proto-Italic migrāō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂migʷ-.

migratorily (English): In a migratory manner

Definitions

  1. In a migratory manner

Ancestry of “migratorily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmigratoryMigrating; Roving; wandering; nomadic
2Latinmigratoriusmigratory
3Latinmigratusmigrated, departed; gone away, having been...
4LatinmigroI migrate, depart to another place, change...
5Proto-Italicmigrāō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂migʷ-—
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