Etymology

immigrant

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Today it means: A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there. Full definition →

Latin immigrans
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  1. Latin · derived fromimmigrans
  2. English todayimmigrant

From Latin immigrans, present active participle of immigrāre (“to migrate into”), from in- (“into”) + migrāre (“to migrate”).

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