Immigrant
/ˈɪm.ɪ.ɡrənt/noun
A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
Did you know?Immigrant comes from Latin roots meaning “to move into,” and its opposite, emigrant, flips the direction without changing the core idea of crossing a threshold.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
immigrāre
“to move into, enter”
Late Latin
Latin
immigrāns
“moving into, entering”
16th Century
English
immigrant
“one who comes into a country or region to settle”
Modern English
English
immigrant
“a person who moves to and lives in a different country from their native one”