transmigro

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ˈtrãːs.mɪ.ɡroː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtranz.mi.ɡro]^[1]

Forms

trānsmigrō (present infinitive trānsmigrāre, perfect active trānsmigrāvī, supine trānsmigrātum); first conjugation^[1] Also spelled trāmigrō.^[2]

Etymology

It is from Latin trāns- + migrō (“to move, migrate”).^[2][1] De Vaan explains ⟨migrō⟩ as a denominative of ⟨*migro-⟩, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mi-gʷ-ro- (“changing”), cognate with Ancient Greek ἀμείβω (ameíbō, “to change”).^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Gaffiot cites Livy.^[4] Köbler dates Livy 59 BC–17 AD.^[5]

Semantic evolution

It meant to change one's residence, move from one place to another, migrate, as in Livy, and Lewis & Short note it is not found before Augustus and is very rare.^[2][6][4]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to flee, migrate, move to another place, transplant.^[7] English transmigrate and Spanish transmigrar are from it.^[1]

Timeline

• 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^[4][5]

Meanings

Verb

1. To change one's residence, migrate.^[2][6]
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) To transplant.^[7]

Word family

• trānsmigrātiō

Related words

• migrō
• ēmigrō
• English transmigrate

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ 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 Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
5. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
6. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
7. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson