English

abmigration

From ab- + migration.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo ‘off, away’

English ab-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂meygʷ- ‘to change, exchange’

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Proto-Italic *migros

Latin migrō ‘to migrate, depart to another place, change…’

Latin migrātiō ‘move’

Middle French migration

Today it means

noun A northward summer migration of birds without a corresponding southward migration the previous autumn.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / abmigration