English
immigrant
Immigrant comes from Latin immigrans ‘migrating’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂meygʷ- ‘to change, exchange’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂meygʷ-‘to change, exchange’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂migʷrósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*migrosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmigrō‘to migrate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmigrāre‘to migrate into’next step skipped: Latin immigrō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmigrans‘migrating’present active participle of immigrāre
- Englishearliest quotation 1964immigrant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂meygʷ-‘to change, exchange’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂migʷrósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*migrosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmigrō‘to migrate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmigrāre‘to migrate into’next step skipped: Latin immigrō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmigrans‘migrating’present active participle of immigrāre
- Englishearliest quotation 1964immigrant
Earliest quotation: 1964, John F. Kennedy, A Nation of Immigrants: “What Alexis de Tocqueville saw in America was a…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂meygʷ- ‘to change, exchange’
through Proto-Italic *migros
through Latin migrō ‘to migrate’
Today it means
noun A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂meygʷ- / immigrant