immigrate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To come to live permanently in a country that is not your own.

   Her grandparents immigrated to the United States in the 1950s.

Simplified etymology

Immigrate, in use from the early 17th century, ultimately derives from Latin migrare, “to move” or “shift.” It belongs to the same family as migrate and emigrate.

From Latin immigratus, past participle of immigro (“remove, move into”).

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