People used to move. Here’s how that changed, and why they became ‘immigrants’ instead.

Look up “immigrant” in different languages, and you'll notice something interesting: The word sounds nearly the same in lots of tongues. “Immigrant” is “immigrant” in Afrikaans, “imigrant” in Bulgarian and “yímín” in Chinese. Filipino speakers use the term “imigrante;” in Japanese it's something like “imin.” The Russian version of immigrant is, essentially, “immigrant.” In Spanish, it's […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/01/18/people-used-to-move-heres-how-that-changed-and-why-they-became-immigrants-instead/