Transmigrate
/trænzˈmɪɡreɪt/noun
To move from one place, body, or state into another, especially of souls passing into a new body.
Did you know?The word comes from Latin religious and philosophical vocabulary, where it described souls moving from one body to another — a concept that made language itself a vessel for immortality.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
transmigrare
“to move across or pass over; in philosophical use, for a soul to pass into another body”
Late Latin
Latin
transmigrationem
“the act of passing over or changing place/body”
14th Century
English
transmigration
“passing from one place or condition to another, especially the soul's passage into a new body”
16th Century
English
transmigrate
“to pass or move from one place to another; later, to pass into another body or form”
Modern English
English
transmigrate
“to move from one place, body, or state into another”