Etymology

émigré

Today it means: A French person who has departed their native land, especially a royalist who left during the French Revolution. Full definition →

French émigré
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromémigré
  2. French · borrowed fromémigré
  3. English todayémigré

Borrowed from French émigré.

Words from the same roots

Frenchémigré all →

emigre

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.