Where does “immigrant” come from?
immigrant (French) comes from Latin immigrans, from Latin immigro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
immigrant (French): present participle of immigrer; immigrant
Definitions
- present participle of immigrer; immigrant
Ancestry of “immigrant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | immigrans | migrating |
| 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 “immigrant”