immigration English · revision 5023

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1658|origins=la immigrare}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌɪm.ɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a noun of action from [[immigrate]],^(Etymonline) which is from Latin immigrāre “to go into, move into”, from in- “into” and migrāre “to move”.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) It is related to [[migration]] and [[emigration]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The act of coming into a country to settle there: 1658 in the OED, the 1650s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Immigrants collectively is by 1852, originally American.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) As short for the immigration checks or authorities at a border it is by 1966, colloquially.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1658 – moving into a country to settle.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1852 – immigrants collectively.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1966 – the immigration authorities.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The number of people who [[immigrate]] in a given period.^(MWU 2024)

+ # The checkpoint at a border where passports and visas are examined.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[immigrational]]

+ * [[nonimmigration]]

+ * [[preimmigration]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[immigrate]]

+ * [[emigration]]

+ * [[emigrate]]

+ * [[migration]]

+ * [[migrate]]

+ * [[immigrant]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}