Migration
nounThe movement of people, animals, or things from one place or system to another.
How to spell migration
9 letters · 3 syllables
How to pronounce migration
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does migration mean?
- nounThe movement of people, animals, or things from one place or system to another.
Migration in a sentence
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The annual migration of swallows begins in early autumn.
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Economic hardship drove the mass migration of workers to the cities.
Where does migration come from?
Language of origin: Latin
The word migration comes from the Latin migratio, a noun built on the verb migrare, which meant 'to move from one place to another' or 'to change one's dwelling'. That verb is thought to be related to mutare, meaning 'to change', reflecting the idea of shifting from one home or location to a new one. English borrowed migration in the early 1600s, originally to describe the regular seasonal movement of birds and other animals. Over time the sense broadened to cover any large-scale movement of people, and more recently the transfer of data or systems from one platform to another. The single consonants throughout (one g, one t) are a small spelling comfort, while the -ation ending behaves exactly like other action nouns such as creation and relation.
How the word is built
- migr- (from migrare: to move from one place to another)
- -ation (noun of action)
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