immigro Latin · revision 10169

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂meygʷ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɪm.mɪ.ɡroː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈim.mi.ɡro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''immigrō''' (present infinitive immigrāre, perfect active immigrāvī, supine immigrātum); first conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''inmigrō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|migrō|t2=to move, migrate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨migrō⟩ from [[ine-pro|*h₂mi-gʷ-ro-|t=changing]], cognate with [[grc|ἀμείβω|tr=ameíbō|t=to change]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL records it from Plautus' ''Persa''.^(TLL) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to go and take up residence in a place, move into, as of a house and gardens in Cicero, and Lewis & Short call it rare but classical.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to go into, remove.^(Stelten 1995) English ''immigrate'' (1620s) is from its participle ''immigrātus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1620s – English ''immigrate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To move into, take up residence in, [[m|en|immigrate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[admigrō]]

+ * [[commigrō]]

+ * [[dēmigrō]]

+ * [[ēmigrō]]

+ * [[migrō]]

+ * [[remigrō]]

+ * [[sēmigrō]]

+ * [[trānsmigrō]]

+ * [[en|immigrate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}