emigratio

Forms

ēmigrātiō f (genitive ēmigrātiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Latin ēmigrō (“to move out”) + -tiō.^[1][2] ēmigrō is formed from ē- and migrō (“to change residence, move”),^[3] which de Vaan derives from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mi-gʷ-ro- (“changing”).^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is in the jurist Ulpian (before 223 AD), who writes of the loss caused by tenants moving out.^[1][2][4]

Semantic evolution

L&S call it the late Latin word for migrātiō.^[5] Jerome's Chronicle uses it of the Ionian migration, and Augustine of death.^[2] The sense “departure from this life” is common in medieval texts.^[6][7][8] In British sources it is also used of monks leaving the obedience of their abbot.^[9]

Neo-Latin authors used it of the migrations of peoples, as Beatus Rhenanus did of the Germanic tribes that crossed into the Roman provinces, and Marsilio Ficino of the soul's departure in his translation of Plotinus.^[10]

Timeline

• before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of tenants moving out.^[1][2][4]
• c. 383–419/420 AD – Jerome's Chronicle speaks of the Ionian migration.^[2][4]
• 354–430 AD – Augustine uses it of death.^[2][4]

Meanings

Noun

1. The action of moving out of a house, quitting.^[1][5]
2. (Late Latin) migration, emigration.^[2][10]
3. (Late Latin, figurative) Departure from this life, death.^[2][6][7]
4. (Medieval Latin) A monk's leaving the obedience of his abbot.^[9]

Related words

• English emigration

References

1. ^ a b c d e Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
2. ^ a b c d e f g h Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
3. ^ a b de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
4. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
6. ^ a b Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert (1967–), Munich: C. H. Beck; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
7. ^ a b Bartal, Antal, et al. (1987–), Lexicon Latinitatis Medii Aevi Hungariae, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó; online ed. ELTE
8. ^ Lexicon mediae et infimae Latinitatis Polonorum (1953–), Kraków: Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN; electronic ed. elexicon.scriptores.pl
9. ^ a b Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press
10. ^ a b Ramminger, Johann, Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, www.neulatein.de