Emigrant
/ˈɛm.ɪ.ɡɹənt/noun
A person who leaves their own country or region to live elsewhere.
Did you know?Emigrant comes from Latin emigrare, and the root migr- also gave us words like migrate and migrant, all tied to the ancient idea of moving away from a place.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*mei-
“to change, go, move”
Latin
Latin
emigrare
“to move away, depart”
Latin
Latin
emigrans
“one who is moving out or away”
16th Century
English
emigrant
“a person who leaves one country to settle in another”
Modern English
English
emigrant
“a person who has left their own country or region to live elsewhere”