Etymology

emigrant

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Today it means: Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country. Full definition →

Classical Latin ēmigrāns
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  1. Classical Latin · borrowed fromēmigrāns
  2. English todayemigrant

From Classical Latin ēmigrāns, present participle of ēmigrāre (“to emigrate”).

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