emigrate
verb
- permanently leave home country
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪt/ / /ˈɪmɪɡɹeɪt/
verb
Etymology: From Latin emigratus, perfect passive participle of emigro (“to move away, remove, depart from a place”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + migro (“to move, remove, depart”).
- To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
“Forced to emigrate in a body to America.”
“They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths.”