emigration
/ˌeməˈɡɹeɪʃən/eh-muh-GRAY-shuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˌɛməˈɡɹeɪʃən/eh-muh-GRAY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of emigrating
Common meaning: leaving one's country to live abroad
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- eout
- migrto move house, departLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1143 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘out’ + ‘to move house, depart’ → emigration
Journey through time
- Latinmigrō‘to move house, depart’
- Englishemigrate‘to leave one's country to live elsewhere’
- Englishformed in English from emigrateemigration‘leaving one's country to live abroad’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from emigrate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EMIGRATE, p.189 · scan
Roots
- migrō Latin “to move house, depart”
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