Migrate

Migrate

Verb · /maɪˈɡreɪt/

Definition

To move from one place, region, or country to another, especially as part of a regular seasonal pattern or in search of better conditions; to move (of animals) on a seasonal or periodic basis; to move from one system, platform, or location to another (data migration, technology migration).

Origin

From Latin migrare (to move from one place to another, to change one's residence), related to migratio (migration) and migrator. The Latin root may be related to Greek ameibein (to change, to exchange) through Proto-Indo-European *mei- (to change, to go, to move). The same *mei- root may give mutable, mutate, and mutual. Migration in the sense of moving between countries became prominent from the 19th century as industrialisation and later political upheaval drove large-scale population movements.