Etymology of the English word refugee
the English word
refugeederived from the French word
réfugiéderived from the Old French word
réfugierderived from the Old French word
refugederived from the Latin word
refugium (refuge)
derived from the Latin word
refugere (flee back; run away, escape)
derived from the Classical Latin word
fugere (to flee; flee, fly, run away)
using the Latin prefix
re-Derivations in English
reffoUsage
Word found in Modern English
