Etymology

demigrate

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Today it means: To emigrate. Full definition →

Latin dēmīgrātus
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demigrate · verb1

  1. Latin · borrowed fromdēmīgrātus
  2. English todaydemigrate

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin dēmīgrātus, perfect passive participle of dēmīgrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, de- + migrate.

demigrate · verb2

From de- + migrate.

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