migro Latin · revision 8132

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=itc-pro *migros}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmɪ.ɡroː], [ˈmɪɡ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmiː.ɡro], [ˈmiɡ.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''migrō''' (present infinitive migrāre, perfect active migrāvī, supine migrātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The first syllable is normally long in dactylic verse, short in Manilius and sometimes in comedy.^(OLD 2012) Cicero has the old form ''migrassit'' for ''migrāverit''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is probably [[der|itc-pro|*migros|t=changing]], a verb formed from an adjective.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan takes that adjective as a derivative of the stem [[ine-pro|*h₂migʷ-]], which is also seen in [[grc|ἀμείβω|tr=ameíbō|t=to change]]; he notes that a labiovelar suffix is rare in PIE.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) See also [[meō]] “to go”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of moving house.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to change one's residence, to move, as in Plautus and Terence, and of nomads to move from place to place.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Lucretius it meant to pass into a new condition or form, and in Cicero ''ex vītā migrāre'' meant to depart this life.^(OLD 2012) Livy used it transitively, to move belongings, and Cicero figuratively, to evade a law.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It survives in Italian ''migrare'', French ''migrer'' and Spanish ''migrar''.^(Wiktionary) Its participle ''migrātus'' gave [[en|migrate]] in the 1690s, and the noun ''migrātiō'' gave [[en|migration]] in the 1610s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of moving house.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of passing into a new form.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses ''ex vītā migrāre'' of dying.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1610s – English ''migration'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1690s – English ''migrate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To change one's residence, to move; to [[m|en|migrate]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To pass into a new condition or form, ''ex vītā migrāre'', to die.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To move (belongings); to set aside (a law).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[admigrō]]

+ * [[amigro]]

+ * [[commigrō]]

+ * [[dēmigrō]]

+ * [[ēmigrō]]

+ * [[immigrō]]

+ * [[migrātiō]]

+ * [[migrator]]

+ * [[praemigrō]]

+ * [[remigrō]]

+ * [[sēmigrō]]

+ * [[trānsmigrō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[meō]]

+ * [[en|migrate]]

+ * [[en|migration]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}