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Where does “migrant” come from?

migrant (French) comes from Latin migrans, from Latin migro, from Proto-Italic migrāō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂migʷ-.

migrant (French): Traveler or worker who moves from one region or...

Definitions

  1. Traveler or worker who moves from one region or...

Ancestry of “migrant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmigransmigrating, departing to another place; going...
2LatinmigroI migrate, depart to another place, change...
3Proto-Italicmigrāō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂migʷ-—

Words derived from “migrant”

  • migrant
  • nonmigrant
  • antimigrant
  • remigrant
  • outmigrant
  • inmigrant
  • ecomigrant
  • antimigrant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂migʷ- →