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• HK65@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Depends on your viewpoint.

  Emigrate from Europe and immigrate to Europe is also a valid way to look at it.

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  • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It is, but that’s not the viewpoint they used in the meme

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• Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  According to Etymonline,

  Immigrate = in- “into, in, on, upon” from PIE root *en + migrare “to move” from PIE root *mei

  Emigrate = assimilated form of ex- “out” + migrare “to move” from PIE root *mei

  So I guess to correct usage would be:

  Immigrating to Europe/US

  Emigrating from Europe/US

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  • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It depends on where you’re speaking from.

    If you’re in the US, people were immigrating from Europe and to the US and are now emigrating to Europe and from the US.

    If you’re in Europe, people were emigrating from Europe and to the US and are now immigrating to Europe and from the US.

    Easiest solution is to say migrating :)

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    • Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      people were immigrating from Europe

      The linguistically correct term her would be emigrating from Europe.

      to the US

      This is immigrating.

      emigrating to Europe

      This is immigration.

      from the US

      The word you’re looking for is emigration.

      emigrating from Europe

      You’re correct here.

      to the US

      Once again, immigration.

      immigrating to Europe

      This is the linguistically correct use of the term.

      from the US

      Proper word would be emigrating.

      Easiest solution is to say migrating

      Migration by itself doesn’t indicate whether you’re referring to domestic-only movement, where people migrate from one city to another for instance, or domestic-to-foreign, or foreign-to-foreign movement.

      It all depends on the boundary you set.

      If your chosen boundary is Europe, people moving to Europe are immigrating there, and people moving from Europe are emigrating there.

      If your chosen boundary is the US, immigration is moving to the US while emigration is moving from the US.

      Since migration isn’t specific and can refer to any of the above cases, I prefer transmigration since “trans-” refers to “across” which I often interpret as “out from and in to”.

      We don’t need to give up on prepositions in order to have more accurate language.

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      • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        This is way too confusing for me to follow but it sounds vaguely like we mean the same thing.

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