immigrate
/ˈɪməˌɡɹeɪt/IH-muh-grayt
/ˈɪməˌɡɹeɪt/IH-muh-grayt
Meaningto move house into
Common meaning: to come to live in a new country
- imin, into
- migrto move house, departLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1143 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
‘in, into’ + ‘to move house, depart’ → immigrate
Journey through time
- Latinimmigrare‘to move into’source
- Englishimmigrate‘to come to live in a new country’ · 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: Built on Latin migrō ‘to move house, depart’.
Roots
- migrō Latin “to move house, depart”
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