Etymology of the English word pilgrim
the English word
pilgrimderived from the Old French word
peligrinderived from the Late Latin word
pelegrinusderived from the Latin word
peregrinus (foreign, strange, alien; foreigner, stranger, alien; pilgrim)
derived from the Latin word
peregriderived from the Latin word
ager (field, ground; farm)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*agro-using the Late Latin prefix
per-derived from the Latin word
per (through)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perCognates
Catalan
pelegri, Dutch
pelgrim, French
pèlerin, German
Pilger, Italian
pellegrino, Norwegian
pilegrim, Spanish
peregrino, Swedish
pilgrimUsage
Word found in Modern English
