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migrate

/ˈmaɪɡˌɹeɪt/MIGH-grayt
/ˈmaɪɡˌɹeɪt/MIGH-grayt

Meaningto move

Common meaning: to move from one region to another

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√MI‘go’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 271, p. 739 · scan
  2. Latinmigrō‘to move house, depart’
  3. Englishmigrate‘to move from one region to another’ · today

migr also in: migrationemigrate

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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin migrō ‘to move house, depart’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry migrō, p. 1143 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • migrō Latin “to move house, depart”

Related words

emigratemigration

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