Etymology

migration

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Today it means: An instance of moving to live in another place for a while. Full definition →

Middle French migration ← Latin migrātiō
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  1. Latin · derived frommigrātiō
  2. Middle French · derived frommigration
  3. English todaymigration

From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“to migrate”). Morphologically migrate + -ion.

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