demigro Latin · revision 10209

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēmigrō''' (present infinitive dēmigrāre, perfect active dēmigrāvī, supine dēmigrātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dē-|migrō|t2=to move, migrate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨migrō⟩ via Proto-Italic ⟨*migro-⟩ 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==

+ Gaffiot cites Caesar for leaving towns to settle elsewhere, and Lewis & Short call it classical.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Caesar c. 50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to go away from a place, move out, migrate, especially to settle elsewhere, as in Caesar's ''dē oppidīs dēmigrāre'' and Cicero; and figuratively to depart.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ English ''demigrate'' is from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To move away, [[m|en|emigrate]], change one's abode.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To depart.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēmigrātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[migrō]]

+ * [[ēmigrō]]

+ * [[immigrō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}