Where does “emigrant” come from?

emigrant (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French émigrant, from Latin emigrans, from Latin emigro, from Latin migro, from Proto-Italic migrāō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂migʷ-.

emigrant (Norwegian Nynorsk): emigrant

Definitions

  1. emigrant

Ancestry of “emigrant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchémigrantmigrating; emigrant, migrator; present participle...
2Latinemigransemigrating
3LatinemigroI depart from somewhere, emigrate, move out; I...
4LatinmigroI migrate, depart to another place, change...
5Proto-Italicmigrāō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂migʷ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂migʷ- →Every word from Proto-Italic migrāō →Every word from Latin migro →