Immigrated

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have moved from one's native country to another for the purpose of settling there permanently
2. To have transferred residence from one nation to a foreign land with the intent of permanent stay
3. Having relocated from one country to another with the intention of residing permanently

Etymology: "Immigrated" is the past tense and past participle of "immigrate," which comes from the Latin "immigratus," the past participle of "immigro," meaning "to remove" or "to move into." The Latin verb is built from "in," meaning "into," and "migro," meaning "to move from one place to another" or "to depart," so the word's core idea is physical relocation: a body carrying itself across a boundary and settling somewhere new. The English verb "immigrate" took its present shape from that Latin root, and its meaning has stayed close to the original sense. Where the Latin word could describe any movement into a place, English narrowed it to the act of moving into a foreign country to live there permanently. The partner word "emigrate," built on the same "migro" but with "ex," meaning "out of," describes the same journey seen from the departure end.

Synonyms: migrated, settled, relocated, transferred, emigrated

Antonyms: emigrated, departed, left, moved away, abandoned