Immigrate
/ˈɪm.ɪ.ɡreɪt/noun
To come to live permanently in a foreign country.
Did you know?Immigrate comes from Latin *immigrāre*, formed from *in-* “into” + *migrāre* “to move, migrate,” the same ancient root behind many words of wandering and movement.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*mei-
“to change, go, move”
Latin
Latin
migrāre
“to move from one place to another, migrate”
Latin
Latin
immigrāre
“to move into a place; come in as a newcomer”
Late Latin
Latin
immigrātus
“having moved into a place”
17th Century
English
immigrate
“to come into a country or region to settle”