'emigrant' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'emigrans,' where 'e-' meant 'out' and 'migrans' meant 'to move.'

'emigrans' transformed into the French word 'émigrant,' and eventually became the modern English word 'emigrant' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'one who moves out,' but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'a person who leaves their own country to settle permanently in another.'