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Where does “emigrant” come from?

emigrant (Latin) comes from Latin emigro, from Latin migro, from Proto-Italic migrāō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂migʷ-.

emigrant (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of...

Ancestry of “emigrant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinemigroI depart from somewhere, emigrate, move out; I...
2LatinmigroI migrate, depart to another place, change...
3Proto-Italicmigrāō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂migʷ-—
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